This is an analysis of the poem Against Fruition that begins with:

No; thou'rt a fool, I'll swear, if e'er thou grant;
Much of my veneration thou must want, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeebbbbddbbaaaaffbbgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101011 1011010111 11110111001 1011011101 1111011101 1011011110 1101111111 1101001111 1101110101 11011101011 1101101111 1101011101 111010110 11110110101 1111011101 0111110001 1011011101 1101011101 1111010100 0111111101 1100110111 1111011101 1011110101 11010010101 10101011101 0101110001 1101010111 1100010011 0101010101 0111110101 01011010101 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 261
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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