This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 19 that begins with:

That time, fair Licia, when I stole a kiss,
From off those lips, where Cupid lovely laid, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111011101 0111110101 11011110110 1111110111 1111111001 1111110001 1101110001 1110111111 1101111011 1101000111 1111011111 11110100101 0111101101 1111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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