This is an analysis of the poem Oft Have I Vow'D that begins with:
Oft have I vow'd how dearly I did love thee,
And oft observ'd thee with all willing duty,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101011 11011011010 11111100011 10011100110 11011101010 10110101010 11110101100 11011111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, thee, my are repeated.
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