This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Mrs. Bates that begins with:
Oh, thou whose melody the heart obeys,
Thou who can'st all its subject passions move,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXccXdadaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111000101 1111001101 1101010111 1101011101 1011010101 11011101010 010101001010 01010101011 111011111 0101101101 1101001101 0101011101 1101010101 0101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- 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; can, thy are repeated.
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