This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets From The Portuguese V that begins with:
WHEN our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabXacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110111 10110101110 100100110010 1101011101 1011111111 11010101010 1101111101 0111010011 0011110111 10110101001 1001010101 1101110101 0101110101 11010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 734
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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