This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Suggested By Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Vakzy, James Joyce, Et Al. that begins with:

Let me not, ever, to the marriage in Cana
Of Galilee admit the slightest sentiment...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdeXfc cXegggbghhgaXdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010010 010101010100 010100100101010 011101010100 0101011011 100101010100 001011001101111 10101100011001 11110010100100100 01010001 11000101010100 1101 1101010100010101 10 0101001001010 11011101110010 011101010110100 10 0101011010111010 1 111010110010010 1110001010 101001 0100101011010100 01001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; of, or, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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