This is an analysis of the poem Two Sonnets: Harvard that begins with:

At the meeting of the New York Harvard Club,
February 21, 1878.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X abbaabbacXdcdc X eddeeddefggfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100011101 101011 1011001 0101010101 1101011111 0101010101 110101101 0101110101 0111000101 1111010101 11010100001 1101111101 1101010100 1101010001 1001110101 1011010101 1101100101 11001 1101010101 10110100101 1111110001 1011110101 11010111001 0111110101 1111001101 10001111101 1001010001 11100010111 1001011101 11111100101 1111011001 11110010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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