This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iv that begins with:

Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor,
Most gracious singer of high poems ! where... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabcbcbc
  • 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: 1111001101 1101001101 0100110001 0101110111 1111010111 1101111111 0111011101 0101010111 11110100100 0111010001 1101011101 1111010101 01010110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, in are repeated.

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