This is an analysis of the poem To Her Father With Some Verses that begins with:

Most truly honoured, and as truly dear,
If worth in me or ought I do appear, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010011101 0101111101 1101100101 1111010101 0100110101 1101011001 1111111101 1101011001 1111010101 1100011111 1011111101 1111110111 1011110111 1100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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