This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lvi: As To The Roman that begins with:
As to the Roman that would free his land,
His error was his honor and renown ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccdcdaa
- 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: 1001011101 0101010101 1101000101 1011010101 1101110111 101010111 1011010011 1111110101 111101011 1100110111 1101011101 1101110011 1101011101 11001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; his, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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