This is an analysis of the poem To His Sleeping Mistress that begins with:

Oh, fair sweet face! oh, eyes, celestial bright,
Twin stars in heaven, that now adorn the night!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110101 11010110101 1101110101 1101111101 1101010101 1011011011 11110111001 1111011011 1101111101 1101110101 1101010101 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh is repeated.

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