This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Lii that begins with:
I lived with Esther, not for many days,
If days be counted by the fall of night... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101011101 0101010101 1011011001 0101101100 1101011111 0101001111 1011010101 01010010111 11110010101 0111011011 1011010101 01010011001 0111010001 11100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- 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; of is repeated.
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