This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xxix that begins with:
A glorious triumph. On that day of days
When, standing on the summit's utmost edge... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdacaccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 01001011101 1101010111 0111011101 1111010111 1111000111 1111110111 1101110101 11110010101 11100010011 0101010111 10111111101 0100111111 10010111001 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- 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; on, and, my, of are repeated.
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