This is an analysis of the poem A Wreath Of Sonnets (8/14) that begins with:

Where tempests roar and nature is unkind:
Such was our land since Samo's rule had passed ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba cbbXcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111110111 0101011101 11001100101 1101001101 0101111111 1101110111 0111000101 1101011101 1101010111 1101111101 01011110101 11010110111 10111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; our is repeated.

    The author used the same word our at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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