This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xxii that begins with:

You know the story of my birth, the name
Which I inherited for good and ill,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101001101 1101001011 0100110111 0100111111 1111101111 1111010101 10111101001 1111111111 01011101010 1110101101 01000101010 0100011001 1101111101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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