This is an analysis of the poem To The God Of Fond Desire that begins with:
One day the God of fond desire,
On mischief bent, to Damon said,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcb dddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101010 11010101 110111010 11000101 010101001 11010101 11110111 111101011 11010101 11010101 11010101 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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