This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet. Written In Answer To A Sonnet By J. H. Reynolds that begins with:
Blue! 'Tis the life of heaven,--the domain
Of Cynthia,--the wide palace of the sun,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaXababcc
- 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: 1101010001 01000110001 0101001101 0100011111 110101010 1101011100 1111111101 01010111000 1101000101 10010101010 0111011111 010001001110 1110111111 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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