This is an analysis of the poem Poem 6 that begins with:

My loue is now awake out of her dreame,
and her fayre eyes like stars that dimmed were... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaaaXXXbbXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011001 101111110 0101111101 1111000111 1111010001 110001 11111101001 0111000111 1101000101 111100101 111110 11110001001 0111100101 1010110001 1110011110 110001 1111010001 01011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.

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