This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 12 that begins with:

I wish sometimes, although a worthless thing,
Spurred by ambition, glad to aspire, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdbdbee
  • 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: 1101110101 110101001 1101111101 11111110010 1111110101 1111110101 1111111111 1101010101 1101010011 1110010011 1101110111 1101110101 1111010111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; i, my are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase kiss connects the lines.

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