This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xlix that begins with:
I will not tell the secrets of that place.
When Madame Blanche returned to us again... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdedeff
- 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: 1011010011 1101010101 11101110111 1111001111 1101111100 11011010111 1111011111 11010111100 11110111011 11011101111 0101010101 1101111101 11001010111 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Analysis of Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet Ii
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- Analysis of A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet Xxiii
