This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet: O Poverty! Though From Thy Haggard Eye that begins with:

O, Poverty! though from thy haggard eye,
Thy cheerless mien, of every charm bereft,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacXXcdedede
  • 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: 1100101101 11010100101 1111110111 1101010101 1111010101 1101000101 1100010100 1100110101 1100110101 1110111110 11010010101 11010000111 1100010101 0111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, and are repeated.

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