This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xli. George Ripley that begins with:

WARM, generous and young in heart and brain,
A wise, ripe scholar of the antique mould,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcbcbb
  • 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: 1100110111 0111000011 1111011101 0101010011 0111110101 11000001001 10011010101 0101110101 10011010101 1111011101 11010110101 1101010111 0101010111 11011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • 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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xli. George Ripley;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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