This is an analysis of the poem A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet Xii that begins with:

Dear royal France! I fix the happy year
At forty--seven, because that Christmas--tide... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbabacdcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110101 11010011101 1111010100 1001000101 1011010111 1100010101 110010001101 1001010101 01010011111 0011011101 1001010001 11010010011 0101010100 1011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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