This is an analysis of the poem The Examination Of His Mistress's Perfections that begins with:

Stand still my happiness, and swelling heart
No more, till I consider what thou art.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaabeffggbbbbddhhiiggccaaggjjbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111001101 1111010111 01001011101 1111000101 1101111110 1101001101 1110111011 1111010100 0101111101 01010010111 1011010111 1011011100 11111101111 0001110101 1111011111 11010100101 1111111100 1111011011 10010011101 1110110001 11111001001 1101001110 0101110111 01011010101 1101011111 0100011101 1111000111 01011100101 11111111000 1101110111 0101100101 1101010101 1111110111 1111011110 1001110111 0101010111 0101110011 1011111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 320
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; their, they, i, no, to, and are repeated.

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

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