This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xiii. The Locomotive. that begins with:

Whirling along its living freight, it came,
Hot, panting, fierce, yet docile to command-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddccd
  • 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: 1001010101 1101110001 0101010101 0101010111 1111010101 11001010101 01010010101 1101010011 11011110101 01010101001 0101011101 1101010101 1101011101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • 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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xiii. The Locomotive.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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