This is an analysis of the poem Viii: Song: To Sicknesse that begins with:

Why, Disease, dost thou molest
Ladies? and of them the best?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccXdeeffaaffggddgghhbbggiiggddccjjkkllaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010001 1111001 0110111 10101110 11101010 1110111 1111101 1111111 1011110 1011011 1010111 1110101 1010111 1011101 1011001 1010101 1011011 1100101 1110101 1111101 1001101 1011101 0110111 1111111 1011111 10101101 0011101 1011101 0100111 01100110 101010010 11010111 1110011 0111100 1011101 0111101 10010101 11011110 11111110 1111101 1011111 1010101 1011111 1111101 10111001 0110001 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1546
  • Average number of words per stanza: 276
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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 is repeated.

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