This is an analysis of the poem To One Persuading A Lady To Marriage that begins with:

Forbear, bold youth; all 's heaven here,
And what you do aver... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc dedeaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101 111110 01011101 110000 10010100 1011101 11010100 010111 11010101 110101 11110101 010001 10011101 111001 01010111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To One Persuading A Lady To Marriage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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