This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 41 that begins with:

If, aged Charon, when my life shall end,
I pass thy ferry and my waftage pay, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababacdcdee
  • 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: 011011111 1111011101 1111111111 1101100111 1111011111 111101100 0101001111 10111100101 1101111011 0111111101 1111011001 1100110111 1111010111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and, with are repeated.

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