This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 28 that begins with:

In time the strong and stately turrets fall,
In time the rose and silver lilies die, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedeff
  • 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: 0101110101 0101110101 0101110111 0101110111 01010111010 1101011101 01011101110 1111110101 0101011001 0101111101 0101110101 1101011101 1111011111 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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; in, and, time are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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