This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Reversed that begins with:

Hand trembling towards hand; the amazing lights
Of heart and eye. They stood on supreme heights. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcbcdedefgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110001100101 0111111011 10010010101 11011101010 1011010101 11010111010 1010000111 1001011001 1111010110 0111010111 1111001111 0101110101 1001100101 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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