This is an analysis of the poem Quid Non Supremus, Amantes? that begins with:

Why is there in the least touch of her hands
More grace than other women's lips bestow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede adadXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010011001 1111010101 0101010101 0101010111 11111101010 1011110101 01110100110 11111100101 1101111101 1101110111 1100010101 1101011101 110101110101 1001000111 1111101111 1101010101 11111100101 1101011101 1111110111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, of, flesh are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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