Sonnet: To The River Otter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet: To The River Otter that begins with:

Dear native Brook! wild Streamlet of the West!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbcbcbcdbd
  • 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: 1101110001 11010010011 11011101011 1101110111 10001111110 1011011111 1101010101 1101111101 1101110111 110111001001 1111100111 1001111101 1101110101 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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