This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet L: As In Some Countries that begins with:
As in some countries far remote from hence
The wretched creature destined to die, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacacdedeff
- 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: 1011010101 010101001 1001010010 1101111101 1101010101 11010111001 1101011001 1011100101 1101010101 1111010101 11010000101 1111010111 11011101110 10010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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