Love Sonnet Xxv by Zora Bernice May Cross: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Love Sonnet Xxv that begins with:

I know no miracle so manifest
As that you wrought upon me yesterday,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabba cXdcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111001101 1111011101 1001110011 0101001111 1011010111 1101111101 1001111101 1101010111 1101111101 1001001111 1111110011 1101011111 1111010101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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 i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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