This is an analysis of the poem Mine Own John Poynz that begins with:

Mine own John Poynz, since ye delight to know
The cause why that homeward I me draw,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcdcddddedefefdfdgdgfgfdfdedededhdhdhdfdfifijijhjhhhhklkjXjkXkmkmfmflfhdhdcdcacajajfjfmfmhmhmhmmmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 103,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 011110111 11010110011 1010111001 010110111 0011100101 0011011111 01000011011 1101010101 1100111111 1001010101 0101110101 0101111001 11111010010 1111111001 11101100010 1111010101 11010101010 1111001101 0101110110 0011111001 1101001111 0101101111 1111001111 110111011101 0100111101 1111110101 1100110111 1101110101 1101101101 110111101 11111101010 11110110101 11010101010 0100101111 1111111110 1111110101 0110111001 1001011001 0101010111 1111110011 1001010101 1111110001 010110101 11010100101 1101011011 1111110001 1110101111 10010010101 111010101 110101011 1111010101 11110110101 1111011101 1101011111 1011110101 1101110101 1101011100 1101010001 0101010100 001010011001 1101011011 0101010111 1100010101 010100101 1101011001000 1111010101 0100110001 1010110111 1111010011 1110011111 11010010011 1101110111 0100101100 000100101 1101110010 0001111101 1111111111 0101110101 01011101101 1011011101 0111101101 11111001111 0101110011 1011111111 1101111111 1111100101 1111111111 1111010101 01010100001 1101111101 1010010001 1101011011 11011011101 01111101101 0100111101 11111101001 1101011011 010101111 1111011100 0101011111 101111101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 864
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, them, and, that, when, of, in are repeated.

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