This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxv. Life And Death. 7. that begins with:
THE wish behind the thought is the soul's star
Of faith, and out of earth we build our heaven.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabXacXbXcb
- 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: 0101010011 01110111110 101100101110 01010111010 0110010111 110111111110 11100110010 1110001001101 11110011101 01010010101 0101000101 111101100 0101111111 0001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxxvi. Life And Death. 8.
- Analysis of Sonnetxlvii. To G.W.C.
- Analysis of Stanza From An Early Poem
