This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 04 - Thou Hast Thy Calling To Some Palace-Floor that begins with:

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Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaaaaabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1111001101 1101001101 0100110001 0101110111 1111010111 1101111111 0111011101 0101010111 11110100100 0111010001 1101011101 1111010101 01010110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, in are repeated.

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