This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xi. To Sheridan that begins with:
It was some spirit, Sheridan! that breath'd
O'er thy young mind such wildly-various power!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcaacXdXdXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111010011 1011111010010 11111001010 11001001010 11111110101 1101011001 1111011101 1111010101 11001110101 1011111111 1001111100 10100010101 10101010101 111101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- 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; and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Analysis of Sonnet Xiii. To La Fayette
- Analysis of The Alienated Mistress; A Madrigal. (From An Unfinished Melodrama)
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxi.
