This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxi. that begins with:
Pensive, at eve, on the hard world I mused,
And my poor heart was sad: so at the Moon... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcceaeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011101111 1111111101 1111111111 1100011101 0101000101 1111000101 1101111101 1111010111 10011010101 1011111001 1011000101 1011100101 1101101111 1111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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