This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxii. Pennyroyal. that begins with:
HEAVY with cares no winnowing hand could sift,
Wrapt in a sadness never to be told,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcaa
- 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: 10011110111 1001010001 11001110111 10001011101 0011011111 01000111111 01001000111 1101010111 11010101101 0111011110 1101011101 1001110101 11001111101 11010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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