This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Ii that begins with:
Yes, who shall tell the value of our tears,
Whether we wept aright or idly grieved?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcadadXX
- 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: 1111010011 1011101101 1001000010 101100101101 01100111101 1111011111 1101011101 1111110001 1101010101 1111111101 1011010111 1011000101 1101010101 11101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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