This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 01 that begins with:

Bright matchless star, the honour of the sky,
From whose clear shine heaven's vault hath all his light, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddeXebb bXbXcecefefegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 01111011101 1111001101 1111011111 1101010011 0111110111 1001110101 1111011101 11001001100 1101110111 0111011101 0101011111 1111110101 1110101101 1101111101 1111011001 0101001111 1010101010 1110010001 01001001001 1001111111 1001011101 0111111101 1011110011 1101111111 0111110101 1101111101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; your, my, and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Licia Sonnets 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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