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

Yet do not thou forsake me now,
Poesy, with Peace-together! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacbdbaaeb dXfffX gXffXh ghiich dhXijh XkjjXk Xbcceb jcjjlc lbffXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1001010 1010101 011100101 01101111 11010 01010101 010111010 1110101 11111101 01011101 01010 110010111 010101000 1011101 11010101 11111101 01100 11011101 110011010 1010101 10001101 010101000 11010 10011111 110101010 1110101 11010101 11010101 01010 1110101 110111110 0010100 11011111 10010101 11010 11001100 010101010 1010101 110111001 11010111 11010 10010011 111101010 1110101 01000101 10111111 11110 10111101 110101010 0111111 11110011 01011111 11010 11011101 110111010 1010101 01011101 11010011 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

    The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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