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

She seemed to change as if with a change of the wind,
And growing serious sighed, ``Now look,'' she said,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbXbcXcXdd
  • 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: 110110001001 11010011111 1110110101 1101011101 1101011111 111110110101 10101101100 1110001011 11110111101 011101011 1111010111 1101101101 11111111001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; not, me are repeated.

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