This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvi. The Spectroscope. that begins with:
ALL honor to that keen Promethean soul
Who caught the prismic hues of Jove and Mars,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcX
- 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: 1100111001 1101010111 100100011 10010010101 1111010101 110101101 0111010101 0101010101 01010100101 1101110111 0101011101 1111111001 1011110101 0101011000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- 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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Xvii. The Microscope.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xviii. The Fireside.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xx. The Lover’s Sonnet. Midnight.
