This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Vii: Supreme Surrender that begins with:

To all the spirits of Love that wander by
Along his love-sown harvest-field of sleep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddccX
  • 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: 01010011101 0101110101 1101010101 1001111111 0111011111 1101101111 11001100101 01010110001 1101110111 110010101011 01110010111 1111110101 1101110101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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.

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