This is an analysis of the poem Upon Apparel that begins with:

God gave us Cloaths to hide our Nakedness,
And we by them, do it expose to View. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011100 1110100101 1110110111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, our are repeated.

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