This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvii. Composed On A Journey Homeward; The Author Having Received Intelligence Of The Birth Of A Son that begins with:
Oft o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll
Which makes the present (while the flash dost last)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcdedeed X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011111101 1100110111 1011001011 1011010101 1100011111 1111010111 1111011111 0101111111 1011110111 1111110001 1001000101 1011110101 111010110101 11110101101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, i are repeated.
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