This is an analysis of the poem Gracia that begins with:

Nay, nay, Antonio! nay, thou shalt not blame her,
My Gracia, who hath so deserted me.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacXdXdaeabadaddbdeadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111110 1101110101 11111011010 1111010101 11011111010 1111010111 110100111110 1101011111 11110101110 1111110111 01110001010 1111110101 11011111010 1101100100 110111001110 1101111101 10111101110 1101010101 11100101110 1111110101 01010101010 1111010101 11111111110 1101010110 11110101010 0111111101 11111111010 0011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 243
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nay, thou, so, she, i, her, not, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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