This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue Between Sir Henry Wootton And Mr. Donne that begins with:

[W.]
IF her disdain least change in you can move,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccdd d eeddff a ffgggg d eehhii ffjXbbXggjjgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 0001110111 1111 11111100010 11010 10111101 11011110 1 0111010101 0101 0111010101 1011 11110111 11101111 100 1010010101 0101 1111110101 1101 10011101 01111101 1 1111011101 1101 11010100111 1101 11011111 10111111 1101010011 0111 11010011111 1000 10110101 11010101 0110011100 1111 1111010101 0101 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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