This is an analysis of the poem To His Mistress that begins with:
IF he that erst the form so lively drew
Of Venus' face, triumph'd in painter's art ; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abababXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Metre: 0111011101 0101100101 1101110001 1110010111 101110111 1001011001 11111111010 11011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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