This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Viii. that begins with:
You were not born to hide such gifts as yours
'Neath dreary law-books, nor amid the dust... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011011111 1101110101 1101010111 1111111101 11010011101 1111101111 1101110111 1101110111 1100111101 01010101100 1111110111 10110010111 0101010101 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet X.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xii. The Ocean Steamer.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xiii. The Locomotive.