This is an analysis of the poem Sonnetxlvii. To G.W.C. that begins with:

STILL shines our August day, as calm, as bright
As when, long years ago, we sailied away... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcbcbX
  • 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: 1111011111 11100111001 10110101001 00010010101 1011010111 01010001101 11010111011 0101001101 1111011111 01010111110 0101011101 01011100110 1111111101 11111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • 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; as, of are repeated.

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