This is an analysis of the poem Modern Love Xxviii: I Must Be Flattered that begins with:
I must be flattered. The imperious
Desire speaks out. Lady, I am content ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabccbdeedcffc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101000100 01011101110 0101010100 1011011100 1001110111 0101101011 1101011111 1011001101 0100110101 1111111101 1100111101 1111110101 1111110111 00010101110 11010001010 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 661
- Average number of words per stanza: 125
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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