This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxviii. Past Sorrows. that begins with:
As tangled driftwood barring up a stream
Against our struggling oars when hope is high... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaabbabcdcbd
- 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: 1101110101 01110011101 0111110110 1001100101 11001011001 1101000111 1111110001 1101111111 0111110111 1101110101 0111011111 0101010111 1001110111 01011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- 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.
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 the is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
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