This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlvi. Tennyson 2. that begins with:

HOW grand he would have stood, had he declined
The needless coronet he donned, as though... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaXdXdee
  • 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: 1111111101 0101011111 01110011001 1101110101 10010101001 1101111111 11010101001 000110001 1001011000 0101010111 0101110100 1101110111 0101111101 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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; he, of are repeated.

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