This is an analysis of the poem My Mistress's Boots that begins with:

THEY nearly strike me dumb,
And I tremble when they come ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXbddbeebcccccccccffXggheehiicjjckXheehkkdlld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 1110111 101 010101 11111000 101 110101 1010001 101 110101 110110 111 010101 1011001 101 1010001 111101 111 010011 1010001 100 110001 010001 1000 110111 110101 1001 110101 1111111 101 110101 110011 101 1110001 0010101 001 1000111 0100001 111 010101 110001 011 110101 1010101 101 1010101 1110111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 194
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, for are repeated.

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