This is an analysis of the poem A Vow To Heavenly Venus that begins with:

We that with like hearts love, we lovers twain,
New wedded in the village by thy fane, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 1100010111 1001110100 1111001110 0111011111 11000101101 1111011101 0111111101 10110011010 110111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and are repeated.

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

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