This is an analysis of the poem The Affliction Of Richard that begins with:
Love not too much. But how,
When thou hast made me such, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefcgcg efefhhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 111101 111111 111101 111101 010111 010111 111111 111101 110101 010111 110101 010101 101011 111111 1101001 110011 111101 1111101 111101 010101 110111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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