This is an analysis of the poem To My Inconstant Mistress that begins with:
When thou, poor excommunicate
From all the joys of love, shalt see... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababX cdcdd ebebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11110101 01010111 010111001 11111101 11110100 01011111 11111101 10110111 11111101 11010101 11111001 01110101 11111011 11011110 11111000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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