This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet (Suggested By Some Of The Proceedings Of The Society For Psychical Research ) that begins with:

Not with vain tears, when we're beyond the sun,
We'll beat on the substantial doors, nor tread... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbbc dedede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011110101 1110010111 1101100101 1011110111 1111011001 1111001111 1101110111 11001010111 1011010101 1101010001 1111011111 10110010101 11111110101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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