This is an analysis of the poem Now that begins with:
Now
Say nay,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBccded aBbXdfX aBggafd aBhheXd aBfdifi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11 111 1101 01011101010 1111011001 01010100010 1 11 111 1001 01010101010 1111010001 11000101011 1 11 111 1011 1010010101 1101010001 01011000010 1 11 111 1011 1101010101 0111110101 01010100010 1 11 011 01010 1101101101 1111010101 0101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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