This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Byron that begins with:
[I am afraid these verses will not please you, but]
If I esteemed you less, Envy would kill... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababXba cdcddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110111001111 0101111011 1011010101 0101000111 0111011111 010001000 1101011111 1011100100 11010111110 0101011101 11111001110 10010010101 11011010001 1111010101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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