This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Lake Leman that begins with:
Rousseau -- Voltaire -- our Gibbon -- De Staël --
Leman! these names are worthy of thy shore, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbaabcbcbXb
- 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: 010111001 1011110011 1101111111 11001010101 0011010101 11110100101 0101110001 0101010001 1101110111 1111010111 01010101101 011011101 1001010100 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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