This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iii: Gods And False Gods: Lxv that begins with:

TO ONE WHO SPOKE ILL OF HIM
What is your quarrel with me, in love's name,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcXbcbbdedbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111101 1011001011 1101110111 1100010111 0111001111 00010001101 11011111110 101101110 1111110111 1111110111 1111101111 1111111111 0111010111 1101010101 1101010111 11111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 679
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; of, what, you, and, when, i are repeated.

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