This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Cvi that begins with:

THE SUBLIME
To stand upon a windy pinnacle,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababbabaXcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 001 0101010100 01010010011 1101010100 1111111101 1011010101 0101011111 1101010111 0111010001 1101010110 11010101001 1101110111 1001000101 0110010101 0101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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