This is an analysis of the poem Rosalind: Like To The Clear In Highest Sphere that begins with:

1 Like to the clear in highest sphere
2 Where all imperial glory shines,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdedef cgcgcbXXXf hbhbcijijf cdcdcbibifXfcffcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 1110100101 101010001 1100101010 1111100 1011100101 10101011001 101111011 111110111 1111101 101110101 111001001 111010101 111010111 1111100 1011111010 111010101 1011111100 110010100 1111101 1011001010 111010101 10111010010 100011101 1111100 101110001 1011101001 111010101 101010001 1111101 1010110101 1010101001 1010100101 111011101 1111100 110010101 101110001 111100010010 111010111 1111101 111111101 101001100 1110110101 111010101 1111100 11111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word mine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Rosalind: Like To The Clear In Highest Sphere;
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  • history of its creation;
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