This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 68: Stella, The Only Planet that begins with:
Stella, the only planet of my light,
Light of my life, and life of my desire, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abca acba aca cdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010011 10111101010 101001111001 1011110101 1111010011 011101101 10010101010 1111110111 1101111111 0101110101 1101011101 1001010101 1111110101 0011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of, thy are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase light connects the lines.
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