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

WHO WOULD LIVE AGAIN?
Oh who would live again to suffer loss?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaabdcXXdcdefefefaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101 1111010101 1011110011 1011011111 0111000101 1111010111 1001010101 11010011101 11010110100 0111011101 1101000100 0111110111 1111111111 0101111101 1111111101 1101111101 1100010011 1101001101 1101011101 1011110111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 872
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; my, would, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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