This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlviii. Gladstone. that begins with:
FOR Peace, and all that follows in her path —
Nor slighting honor and his country's fame,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccccdd
- 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: 1111110001 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101001101 11110011001 1101110101 1111010101 1111010101 0111010101 0101010111 1101110111 0101010011 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
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