This is an analysis of the poem Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away that begins with:

Take, oh take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1110011 1110101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1111101 1110101 1110111 11011101 1111111 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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