This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvii. The Microscope. that begins with:
THE small enlarged, the distant nearer brought
To sight, made marvels in a denser age.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacccacX
- 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: 0101010101 0111000101 11010100101 0001010001 0101110101 1001010100 1101100101 11110010111 01010011111 1100011101 1111010101 1001010001 11000010101 01010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Sonnet Xvii. The Microscope.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Xviii. The Fireside.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xx. The Lover’s Sonnet. Midnight.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxi. The Pines And The Sea.
