This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet. On Leigh Hunt's Poem 'The Story Of Rimini' that begins with:

Who loves to peer up at the morning sun,
With half-shut eyes and comfortable cheek,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaacacac
  • 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: 1101110101 0111110001 1100111101 1111010101 1101001101 01010011101 1100011111 1101010010 1111011101 0101010111 0111010001 0101010101 0101011101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • 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.

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