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

Beyond her sat a second monster. She
In shape and sense was undisguisedly real,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdedeff
  • 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: 0101010101 01111100001 1111011100 11011100001 1101010111 0101010101 0101010101 10010000101 01010110101 111100010 0101011111 0101010001 00111110101 0101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, her are repeated.

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