This is an analysis of the poem A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet Xix that begins with:
Alas, that words like these should be but folly!
Behold, the Boulevard mocks, and I mock too.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbabacdcdXX
- 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: 01111110110 01010111111 11011111010 0011010100 1101110101 11010011010 0101010101 010111010110 1101010101 0111110111 1100111111 0101011101 1111110101 01010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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