This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To The Nile that begins with:
Son of the old Moon-mountains African!
Chief of the Pyramid and Crocodile!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdXdcd
- 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: 1001110100 1001001101 1111011101 010111101 1011010101 1111011101 1101011101 1101110110 1111011101 1100110101 0101011110 1101110111 0101111111 1001110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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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