This is an analysis of the poem I Do But Ask That You Be Always Fair that begins with:

I do but ask that you be always fair
That I forever may continue kind; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdececXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111110111 1101010101 1011111111 01010101101 110010101 1011110101 0101001101 1101010001 100111011110 1101111111 10111011110 1111010011 1011111110 10111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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