This is an analysis of the poem Cupid And Folly that begins with:

CUPID, ere depriv'd of Sight,
Young and apt for all Delight, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddccddddaa XXaaddeeffdcgggggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1111101 1010101 11011101 0110111 11110101 11011101 11011101 1010101 11110101 1010101 0011101 1000101 11000101 11011101 1010101 1010101 11110101 1010101 1010001 01000101 01100101 0010111 1010101 11010101 01010101 1000111 1101101 11010101 10110101 1111101 1011101 1010111 1110101 0011111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.

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