This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet X. that begins with:
FORGIVE — that thus the trumpet I have blown
You never sounded — never cared to hear.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111010111 1101010101 0111111111 0111001101 1101010101 01010011111 11010011101 0100110111 0101001101 110010000101 0011001111 0101001101 0111011101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; never, of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Xii. The Ocean Steamer.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xiii. The Locomotive.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xiv. The Telegraph And Telephone.