This is an analysis of the poem The Looks Of A Lover Enamoured that begins with:

THOU, with thy looks, on whom I look full oft,
And find therein great cause of deep delight, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabb cdcddee fgfgghh ijijXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111111 1101110101 1101110111 1111111111 11001110011 1111111111 0111010101 1111011101 1111111101 1101010101 1111110101 1101110101 1101111111 1111011111 1011111111 1011111101 1111110101 1101011101 0111010111 1111111101 1111011111 1111111101 1111110111 1111111111 0011111101 11000101110 1111110011 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; thy, and, look, i, my are repeated.

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

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