This is an analysis of the poem To Vittoria Colonna. (Sonnet V.) that begins with:
Lady, how can it chance--yet this we see
In long experience--that will longer last... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbaacdacd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011011011 01010010101 0101010101 1011011100 1100010010 11010011101 01110111001 1111010101 0111011111 1001010101 1101010111 1101001011 1111111101 11001111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
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