This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet V. To The River Tweed. that begins with:

O TWEED! a stranger, that with wand'ring feet
O'er hill and dale has journey'd many a mile, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcececeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 101111101001 0101011101 0101110101 0101011001 10111010101 0100110101 1001010001 0101110111 10101010101 0101010111 1101011101 10010111001 0101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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