This is an analysis of the poem There's No To-Morrow that begins with:

Two long had Lov'd, and now the Nymph desir'd,
The Cloak of Wedlock, as the Case requir'd; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccccddXbaa eeffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11111101010 01011101010 11011100010 11111100010 1011010011 1101001101 0100111001 0101110101 110101111101 11011110101 1101110001 11010101011 11111111010 1101010001 1101010101 01001010001 0101010111 0101010111 1101001111 10001001101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, morrow, we are repeated.

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  • summary of There's No To-Morrow;
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  • history of its creation;
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