This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xiv. Composed While Climbing The Left Ascent Of Brockley Coomb, In The County Of Somerset that begins with:

With many a pause and oft reverted eye
I climb the Coomb's ascent: sweet songsters near... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXcXdedeaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001110101 1101011101 1001111100 11010011111 11001010001 11111010001 0011000101 0111010111 1101110101 1111110101 1111110101 1101000111 11110111101 1101110101 1111011101 0101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 722
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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:

    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; my is repeated.

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  • central theme;
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