This is an analysis of the poem To An Antiquated Coquette that begins with:
Phyllis, if you will not agree
To give me back my liberty, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccddeeffgghheeiieehhjjkkkkddjjccdddllh hkkjjeeXdeeXbeehhmmkknnjXcclleeffddccooi iaaeeecccc jjppjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,40,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 01111100 01011101 11011111 10010011 11110001 11111101 11000101 01111101 0101111 11111101 10010100 11011111 11010101 01111111 11010101 010111001 11010101 11110111 10010101 11111001 01011111 11111101 10110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11110111 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010111 11011101001 11011101 11001111 100011101 11010101 11111101 11110111 10010101 11111101 101010101 100101101 11010010 11110101 01110001 01110101 1101011 01010100 11111101 01111101 010111001 01010101 10111111 11000101 11011101 11110111 111000111 11010101 10010101 01010001 11110011 01010111 010010101 1000100101 11010101 100111101 11010101 010110101 11011101 01110101 111111010 111001010 11010111 11110101 01110101 01011101 11011101 101111101 11011111 11011101 11011101 11110101 01011101 11110111 10011101 11000101 11110101 01011101 01011101 1000010101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 867
- Average number of words per stanza: 157
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, or, her, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, she are repeated.
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