This is an analysis of the poem Cupid Caught Napping that begins with:

Cupid on a summer day,
Wearied by unceasing play,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefffe ccXddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 0011101 10101010 1010101 1110111 1010101 11101010 1000101 1110101 1110101 11110110 1010101 1011111 0010101 10101110 11000101 1010111 1011111 10101010 1011101 1110101 1110101 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; s is repeated.

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