This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxvii : The Landmark that begins with:

Was that the landmark? What,—the foolish well
Whose wave, low down, I did not stoop to drink,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXabcbccb
  • 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 1111101101 1111010001 01010100111 1111011101 1111010111 0100111110 11011100101 1101011111 11011111001 1111111111 1111011111 1111111100 1011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • 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; i is repeated.

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