This is an analysis of the poem Licia Sonnets 50 that begins with:

Ah Licia, sigh and say thou art my own;
Nay, be my own, as you full oft have said. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101111111 1011111111 1111100101 1101111101 1011100111 1101011101 01110101111 0101110101 0001111111 11111110010 1001011111 11001111110 10111111011 11011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • 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; your, can, i, love are repeated.

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

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