This is an analysis of the poem Poem 93 that begins with:

TO whom his mother closely smiling sayd,
twixt earnest and twixt game:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010101 110111 1111111101 010101 1111010101 110101 11110110 111101 11011100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.

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