This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Ii, Written At Cliefden Spring that begins with:
Here from the rifted rock, where boldly rise
The ilex shining with perennial green,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacacaca
- 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: 1001011101 01010001001 010101101 1111110001 1101010101 11001110101 0101000101 1001010011 1001010101 1011010101 11010101001 0101110101 100100100101 010010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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More information about poems by Henry James Pye
- Analysis of The Art Of War. Book I.
- Analysis of The Art Of War. Book Ii.
- Analysis of The Art Of War. Book Iii.