This is an analysis of the poem The Rival Poet Sonnets (78 - 86) that begins with:
LXXVIII
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbbcdcefdfdbb X gbgbhihigjgjdd X hkhkalalhghgdd X mimijdjdbgbgii X aXbmnanaggggXX X ghghhnhnhkhkaa X lnlnfefehlhlbb X fgfgaXaiXlnlhh X bnXnhghhhbhbii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111011111 1111010011 110010011111 110111001 1111011101 1101000101 1101000101 1101010100 1011011101 1100011101 0101111101 110111010 1111111101 1111011100 1 1101010111 1101111101 1111010101 1111111101 1111110100 01001001001 1101110101 1110110101 1111011111 0110010111 1100111101 1101110111 1111111111 1111111011 1 1111110111 10010101111 1001111101 0111110011 1111110100 0101010111 11010100100 1111110001 11001011101 1101110111 1101110101 1011010101 1011110101 0110111101 1 1111110101 11011101110 0111001101 11011100010 1101010111 1111010111 0111110101 110101111 1100101101 11110101101 1100110101 1101000111 1111110111 11111000101 1 1111110011 11110110100 0100011101 01101101001 1111010101 1011010111 1111010101 11010011001 1111111101 111010011 1101110101 0111111101 1111010101 1111010010 1 1101110101 1110111101 1111111001 0101000101 1111110101 11101010111 1101011111 1001110111 0101111001 1101110101 1101110101 1101111101 1111010111 1111010101 1 1001111111 1011110111 0101100001 1101011101 1100011111 10001111110 1111010111 11111100010 1111010101 1101110111 1101011101 10010101001 1011010101 10111111101 1 1111010101 1100111001 0111000101 1101110101 1101110101 11100011110 010011101001 010101011 1011111111 1001011101 1100111101 1111010101 1101010101 1111110001 1 1001110011 1101011101 1011101110 1011010111 10010110101 0101011111 1101101011 101111010 1111000101 1101100100 1100110101 1111010101 1111001101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 135
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, to, thee, of, he, your, i, you, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, or are repeated.
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