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

An instant, just an instant, and no more,
And it was gone, and I with eyes unsealed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddbdbXX
  • 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: 1101110111 1011110101 1011010011 1101011101 0101110101 1111010101 1101001111 1101011101 0111011101 1111010111 1001110011 0101011001 1111110111 0100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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