This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet. On Mrs. Kemble's Readings From Shakespeare that begins with:
O precious evenings! all too swiftly sped!
Leaving us heirs to amplest heritages... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacccXdd
- 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: 1101011101 10110101000 01011001010 1101100101 1111110111 10101101010 001101100010 0101011101 1101010111 01011100111 0101001101 1101011101 11110010101 0001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
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