This is an analysis of the poem Good Morrow that begins with:

I wonder, by my truth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved; were we not weaned till then,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaaa cdcdbbb ceXeXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111111 0111011111 1111010100 11010010101 1110110100 0101010101 1101011110101 1101001101 1111010101 1111010101 1111011101 11010001111 1101011111 110111111101 1101110101 1111100101 11111101000 0111010101 1101111100 0111011111 110111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, in are repeated.

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

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