This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. F. Now Earl Of W that begins with:

No sooner, FLAVIO, was you gone,
But, your Injunction thought upon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbX cccddc ddeffe aaXggc ddhhhi hhhiih ddcddc hiajja cciXii ccgddg aacddc ddkhXk iicbbc Xdcccc aagjjg hheiiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 11010101 0100101 01000101 010001101 110110 10110111 11010011 100101 01011101 111011111 010111 01010101 110111111 1110101 111001001 11111101 110101 11001101 11010101 110010 1101001101 11010101 11101 111111010 010011010 111101 11110111 10110101 110101 100011101 11100101 101101 010010101 01010101 1101001 01010101 10110111 110101 01001111 01100101 110101 10011101 11111101 110111 11110011 01100101 110101 11110101 10101110 100101 10111110 11010101 010001 11100111 10010001 100111 110100101 01010101 110011 11000110 11011111 010111 01000011 11100101 110101 10011001 10110101 110111 1011101 11000100 111101 10010101 11010101 110001 11110101 11010101 101001 010101001 11010101 010101 01110101 10011101 010101 11011101 10010101 101101 11110001 010000111 010101 11011101 10100101 1101000 11110101 11110100 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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