This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xv. From Petrarch that begins with:
WHERE the green leaves exclude the summer beam,
And softly bend as balmy breezes blow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccccadadXX
- 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: 1011010101 1101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1011111101 1011001101 110010010101 0110010111 1111010111 0111011101 11010101101 0111010101 1111010001 11110101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- Analysis of Sonnet Lxxiv. The Winter Night