This is an analysis of the poem Song To Celia - I that begins with:

Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeeeffXffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1110101 10101010 11110010 1110101 1111101 1011101 10101001 1110111 1110111 1010101 0011111 10100101 101111 1111101 1011001 0010001 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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