This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xviii. The Fireside. that begins with:
WITH what a live intelligence the flame
Glows and leaps up in spires of flickering red,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcddc
- 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: 0101010001 11110101001 1101111111 0001011111 0101010001 0101010101 01010101011 1111110101 1111011101 11000010101 0101011101 11001011100 10010100001 1111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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 to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
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- Analysis of Sonnet Xxii. Pennyroyal.