This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxxviii that begins with:

TO ONE NOW ESTRANGED
Why did you love me? Was it not enough... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcdcddadaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01101 1011110101 1011110111 1111010101 1011000100 1111011111 10111110100 1111011111 1011010111 1011010011 01011011111 0101010111 0101010111 1111011101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 651
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, if are repeated.

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