This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Ii: High On A Rock that begins with:
High on a rock, coaeval with the skies,
A Temple stands, rear'd by immortal pow'rs... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaaXaaXbcbcb
- 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: 110110001 0101110101 0100010101 1011000101 100010101011 1001010101 11010111010 10110010101 01010101010 01010101001 1001010101 1001110111 1101010001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.
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