This is an analysis of the poem To Coelia that begins with:

WHEN, Coelia, must my old day set,
   And my young morning rise ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeafgfgXcacaaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 111101 01011111 1010101 11010111 110101 11000101 110011 11111011 100001 01010111 110111 11000101 1100110 11100111 1111110 11110101 110111 110101011 101101 11011101 110111 01110101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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