This is an analysis of the poem To The Same that begins with:
Cyriack, this three years’ day these eyes, though clear,
To outward view, of blemish or of spot, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001011111 0101010101 0101110101 1011011101 0111110101 1111011101 01101101101 0111111111 1101011111 01010110100 0100011101 0111010101 0111110111 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, or are repeated.
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