This is an analysis of the poem Poem 16 that begins with:

AH when will this long vveary day haue end,
and lende me leaue to come vnto my loue?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbcXXcXaaXccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110111 111101111 11010101101 1101110101 1111010011 010101 11010111101 1100111101 1011010101 101001 11010100101 11010101011 11011011 1100011001 11011011001 110001 0111011111 110101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 754
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; of is repeated.

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