This is an analysis of the poem Cupid's Promise - Paraphrased that begins with:
Soft Cupid, wanton, amorous boy,
The other day, moved with my lyre,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac dede baba fgfg bhch ijij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101001 01011011 010010101 110101010 11111111 11101001 01010001 11110111 11001101 10110110 11110101 10110111 11101101 1101111 11110101 01011111 1101111 11110101 110111110 11010001 1111101 11010101 11101111 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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