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

FROM THE FRENCH OF ANVERS
My heart has its secret, my soul its mystery,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaabccXbadbad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 001010 111010110100 0110010010001 0101110111101 11110111011 011111011101 110101110101 111111010101 101101010100 11110111111 111001010101 0100111101 110101011101 111100111111 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, have, ever, and, naught are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated).

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