This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet V: O! How Can Love that begins with:
O! How can LOVE exulting Reason queil!
How fades each nobler passion from his gaze!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabbcbcbc
- 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: 1111010101 1111010001 10111000101 1111010111 1001100101 1011000101 1001010101 0101010101 1110110101 1101000101 1111011111 1101110101 11011100101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 613
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- 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; who is repeated.
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