This is an analysis of the poem The Sonnets To Orpheus: Iv that begins with:

O you tender ones, walk now and then
into the breath that blows coldly past,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc abe abe Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111011111 000111101 0111101011 011001001001 11111111 111001001 1101011010 1111101001 100101001 110000111 1010101001 10011110110 11101110111 10011010010 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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