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

Nor later, when with her my childhood died,
Was life less sealed to me. The Church became... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXXXcbcbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101001111 1111010101 11001110101 1101101101 0100111001 11110111010 1101010100 1111010101 0111011101 1011010111 1100010101 1111001101 00101010101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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, in are repeated.

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