Sonnet Xliv: Here Droops The Muse by Mary Darby Robinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xliv: Here Droops The Muse that begins with:

Here droops the muse! while from her glowing mind,
Celestial Sympathy, with humid eye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacdcdcd
  • 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: 1101100101 0101000101 1011010101 1101010101 1101011101 0101011101 10011010100 1101110111 1111010011 11010010101 11000110101 10010010101 11111101001 01010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; and, with are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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