This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 46 that begins with:

If he be dead, in whom no heart remains,
Or lifeless be in whom no life is found; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbbbcbcdd
  • 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: 0101011101 1100011101 0111110101 1001110101 1111111101 1101010101 1111110101 1001110111 1011111111 1111111101 1111111111 1101101111 111110101 1011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • 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; be, i, why are repeated.

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

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