This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lii. The Human Flower. 2. that begins with:

SHALL that bright flower the countless ages toiled
And travailed to bring forth — shall that rare rose,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbaacdcad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110010101 11000111111 11110111010 11000011101 0101010111 1101011101 11000110101 11000110101 11001101001 01010101001 11001101001 1001010101 0101110111 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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, it are repeated.

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