This is an analysis of the poem Veil, Lord, Mine Eyes Till She Be Past that begins with:
Veil, Lord, mine eyes till she be past,
When Folly tempts my sight;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dadacaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 110111 11110111 010001 11110101 110101 01110101 110101 11110101 011101 11010100 1100011 11011101 111101 11010101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, from are repeated.
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