This is an analysis of the poem Poem 17 that begins with:

Now ceasse ye damsels your delights forepast,
Enough is it, that all the day was youres:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXabaXaXcbXcXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101100 01001101110 1101110101 11010001010 1101110100 100101 1001010100 110101001 1101011010 0111011111 010100 111011101 0101010101 1111101101 0100010001 1001110101 111101 1111110101 011111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 734
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; now, her, in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lay connects the lines.

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  • summary of Poem 17;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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