This is an analysis of the poem To The Fair Clarinda that begins with:

Fair lovely Maid, or if that Title be
Too weak, too Feminine for Nobler thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXdddccccee fffffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101101100 1111001101 0101110101 1111110101 010101101 1111010101 101101011 1111010001 0111110101 0101011111 1011011001 0100111111 1111110100 1111011101 1011110100 11110101001 0111010101 11010001001 1100010101 11001010111 1110010001 1101010101 01010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; we is repeated.

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