This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet I: Thou Art Not Lovelier Than Lilacs that begins with:
Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,--no,
Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXbcXbc
- 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: 1111001111 1101011111 1111010111 1101110111 0101110101 1111011111 1101001111 1100010111 1111111001 01001011111 1111010101 101010101110 110110101001 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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