This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: Xiv that begins with:

HE HAS FALLEN FROM THE HEIGHT OF HIS LOVE
Love, how ignobly hast thou met thy doom!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaababbcbcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110001001 1110011111 1101001111 01001110111 0111010101 1111111111 1101110111 1111011111 1101011101 1011011110 1111010111 0101011111 1011011111 1111010111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; too is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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