This is an analysis of the poem Description Of The Restless State Of A Lover. that begins with:

WHEN youth had led me half the race
That Cupid's scourge had made me run ; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd deXe fbXb gfgf bhbh dgdg eXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11011111 11101001 01110110 111111010 11011101 1100100110 11110101 11011101 11111101 01010110 00110101 11111111 11010111 01010110 11010111 111100101 01010101 11010101 01010111 110011111 01010101 1101011 00111111 11111101 01110101 01111111 11010101 11010111 110101000 1100101 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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