This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xx. The Lover’s Sonnet. Midnight. that begins with:
I WAITED through the night, while summer blew
The breath of roses through my darkened room.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
- 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: 1101011101 0101011101 01001110101 0101010101 11000011111 1011110111 1100110111 0101010111 110110110101 1101110111 0101001111 1101010101 1101111011 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- 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.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxi. The Pines And The Sea.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxii. Pennyroyal.
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxv. The Seceders 2.
