This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet, For My Mother’s Birthday that begins with:
AT thy approach, oh, sweet bewitching May!
Through ev'ry wood soft melodies resound;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX adadee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101111001 1101110011 1101100101 1101110101 1111111101 1101011101 1111011101 1100101101 1001110101 1101110001 0101010011 00111111001 1111110101 1111100001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
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