This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 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 01010101011 1111111010 01010010001 1101110100 1000110101 1101110111 1111000101 1111010010 1111010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- 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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