This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 03 - Unlike Are We, Unlike, O Princely Heart! that begins with:

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Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaaXbacdcdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 0111011101 0111011100 1100110101 1101011101 1101011011 0111010100 0100010101 11101110111 0101011101 0100010111 011010010101 0111010101 010111001010 11110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; unlike, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words unlike, the are repeated.

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