This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Ix. Keen, Fitful Gusts Are that begins with:
Keen, fitful gusts are whisp'ring here and there
Among the bushes half leafless, and dry; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdcdcd
- 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: 1101110111 0101011011 0111010101 11110101101 1111000111 1001110100 1011011111 1001001101 1111000100 1001010111 0111010001 1101110101 0101000111 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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