This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Viii that begins with:

It was a booth no larger than the rest,
No loftier fashioned and no more sublime,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXaXadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101110101 11001011101 1101110101 0101010101 1011010101 0101001111 1111011000 1101000101 1111001101 011101011 1001010101 0111011101 0101010111 10001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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