This is an analysis of the poem Poem 7 that begins with:

NOw is my loue all ready forth to come,
Let all the virgins therefore well awayt,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbbbbccdXXdXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101011110 111111101 01110110101 11110100010 111101 010111101 11111101 1111011100 1101001001 010001 1101010001 011010110 1101111101 1111010101 1101101101 110101 1111010111 110111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 754
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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.

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  • summary of Poem 7;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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