This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xi: O! Reason! that begins with:
O! Reason! vaunted Sovreign of the mind!
Thou pompous vision with a sounding name!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcacaca
- 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 1101000101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 11001010110 1101011111 10110100101 0111010101 1111001101 1111110001 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; thou, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word can'st is repeated.
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More information about poems by Mary Darby Robinson
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