This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet: As From The Darkening Gloom A Silver Dove that begins with:

As from the darkening gloom a silver dove
Upsoars, and darts into the eastern light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXaccdcdc
  • 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: 10010010101 1011000101 1101111101 1111000101 1001110101 1101010101 01011100010 1011110111 1111000101 0100110101 100100111010 00010010101 110101110010 10011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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