This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlii. To G. W. C. August 1, 1846. that begins with:
THE day so long remembered comes again.
The years have vanished. On the vessel's deck... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcXdd
- 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: 0111010101 0011010101 1111100101 1101011111 10110100011 1101111101 0111010111 1001010111 0101110101 1101011101 1011010101 1101110100 0101111101 11010001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- 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; and is 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 Xliv. Veiled Memories.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xlix. J.R.L. (On His Homeward Voyage) 1.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xlv. Tennyson. 1.