This is an analysis of the poem Quieta Ne Movete that begins with:

DEAR, if I told you, made your sorrow certain,
Showed you the ghosts that o'er my pillow lean, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111111010 11011101101 11010101010 1111011101 111011111011 1111001101 11011111011 1111110101 11111101010 0101010111 10111001010 11010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; you, me, would are repeated.

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