This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Of Motherhood Xxix that begins with:

How strangely lone unto myself I grow,
Listening and looking for I know not what;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101101111 10011011111 1011010111 11001000101 0101001101 1101010111 1101000111 1101010111 11110100011 1001001101 1101110110 0101110111 1111001101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • 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.

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