The Lover Excuseth Himself Of Suspected Change. by Henry Howard: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Lover Excuseth Himself Of Suspected Change. that begins with:

THOUGH I regarded not
The promise made by me ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdXda XeXXafaf fafaXgXg agaXghghfbfcihih egXgjiji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,16,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 010111 11101 111100 101101 110001 011101 010101 111110 111101 0101010 010101 110101 010001 111001 111111 101101 000101 110111 011101 110101 1111001 1100010 111111 111111 101101 101011 110010 111101 010101 111111 010101 110111 110110 111101 010100 010101 111001 111001 111001 0100101 100101 111101 010001 1111010 110111 1101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, to are repeated.

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