This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvii: Love Steals Unheeded that begins with:
Love steals unheeded o'er the tranquil mind,
As Summer breezes fan the sleeping main,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdcdcd
- 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: 11010100101 1101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1001010010 0101010001 1101110101 1001010101 1101100101 1001011111 1100011101 1111110101 1101110111 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; in is repeated.
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