This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet (Green) that begins with:

Green suns and suns of garnet I have known-
Turning,with suns that mock the sapphire-gem,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaacadcd
  • 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: 1111010111 10011101001 0100011100 0101010101 0101110101 0110010101 1101010101 0100010101 1101010111 0101010111 11001010011 1101010101 1111001101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; suns, of are repeated.

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