This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xi: The Love-Letter that begins with:

Warmed by her hand and shadowed by her hair
As close she leaned and poured her heart through thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacccccX
  • 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 1111110111 100010010100 0111111101 110011000101 1111010101 11100011101 11010011001 1111011111 01000101001 1011010001 1111110011 11100101001 0111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; her is repeated.

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