This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 02 that begins with:

Weary was love and sought to take his rest,
He made his choice, upon a virgin's lap; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101010101 1101011001 1111011001 010111001 1111101111 11110101110 0111010101 1101110101 10001111101 1111111001 1111010101 1000111011101 11010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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