This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet On An Alpine Night that begins with:
My hand, a little raised, might press a star-
Where I may look, the frosted peaks are spun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdbcdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011101 1111010111 1101010110 1101110101 1011011101 1110011101 1101011101 0111010011 1101010101 1001010111 1001010001 1111010001 110111011 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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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