This is an analysis of the poem To Mistress Margaret Hussey that begins with:

MERRY Margaret
   As midsummer flower, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCBXddXXXeeeaaaBCBffXXXXaaaggabCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 111010 1110 110010 010110 111110 101110 1100 1100 1100 1010 11001 1110 11101 10101 110100 111010 1110 110010 11011 111000 11100 100 1100 1100 1001 1111 1101 11111 110011 110100 111010 1110 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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