This is an analysis of the poem Thou Art Not False, But Thou Art Fickle that begins with:

Thou art not false, but thou art fickle,
To those thyself so fondly sought;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cbcbdd efefdd ghghii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 01101101 011111010 11010011 101101110 111111110 010101010 11100101 111101010 11010111 111111110 011111110 010111010 01011111 101101010 11110101 110101010 010101110 111111110 110100101 011101010 10010111 111101010 111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, to are repeated.

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