This is an analysis of the poem Ye That Do Live In Pleasures that begins with:

Ye that do live in pleasures plenty,
and dwell in Music's sweetest Airs,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdadcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 11010101 111111110 11011101 110110101 1101110111 11011111 11010101 11010100 11110101 11010101011 10011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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