This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 22 - When Our Two Souls Stand Up Erect And Strong that begins with:

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When our two souls stand up erect and strong,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbaabXacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1111110111 10110101110 010100110010 1101100101 10110111111 01010101010 0101111101 0111010011 0011110111 101110000001 1001010101 1101110101 0101110101 01010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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