This is an analysis of the poem On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again that begins with:

O golden-tongued Romance with serene lute!
Fair plumed Syren! Queen of far away!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010011 1101010101 1100010101 1111010101 0111010101 0101010101 1111111010 01010010001 1101110100 1000110101 1101110111 1111000101 1111010010 1111010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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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