This is an analysis of the poem Poem 9 that begins with:

LOe where she comes along with portly pace,
Lyke Phoebe from her chamber of the East,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdXXcXeddeeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 1100010001 1001010101 11011100101 11001001111 110111 0111011101 10011101001 1101010010 110100101 111101 010101001 1101011011 10101011 11111010011 1101010111 110101 1011110101 110111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 764
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; her is repeated.

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