This is an analysis of the poem To My Young Countryman D.H.D. that begins with:

Who doubteth, when the morning star doth light
Her lamp of beauty, that the day is coming? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaabcdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 01010101010 1111010101 111000100110 11011101110 1101011101 1101010001 11111101110 11010010101 11011000001 1101010101 0110010111 1001010111 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 682
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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