This is an analysis of the poem A Lover's Anger that begins with:

As Cloe came into the Room t'other Day,
I peevish began; Where so long cou'd You stay?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccbbddaaeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110001101 11001111111 0111110010110 11011111111 01011101011 101111001011 01011011011 11111001011 11111101011 111011110011 011111101001 11111001111 101111101011 11001011001 11001101001 101101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 750
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; you, me are repeated.

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