This is an analysis of the poem Complaint Of The Absence Of Her Lover Being Upon The Sea. that begins with:

O HAPPY dames that may embrace
The fruit of your delight ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaa Xbabccc dedefff ababddd eeeegggXfdfdggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 010101 10100101 110101 01110001 01001101 0101011101 01101000 011101 11110100 111001 01011101 100011001 0110110001 01110111 111011 11110101 111110 100110001 11010111 1111011111 110100101 011101 1010111 110101 01101111 01011011 11010011101 10111011 111101 01010011 011101 01110111 100101101 1111011011 11011101 010101 11011111 111111 10111001 10110111 1110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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