This is an analysis of the poem Celia To Damon that begins with:

What can I say? What Arguments can prove
My Truth? What Colors can describe my Love?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cXddeeXXccXccc bbccbbfX gghhbbiiii jjiijXkkccii ggddhhgj jjeehh lljjiimmm cccnnnn jjaafXiijjXnbbeeaa ggiijjjjddnnn hhhbXbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,8,10,12,8,6,9,7,18,13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110011 1111010111 0011110011 0111010101 1101111001 0101010110 011010101 1111111101 0111011101 1101010101 1111101110 1111110110 101001110101 10101010101 111001001100 1101110101 0101010101 1111111111 110101001 11001010101 1111111101 10110101011 1111111111 1111010101 11111111010 1101111001 11010110011 1101010101 0011000101 1101011111 1011110101 1111010101 0101010111 1111000101 0101011101 1111001101 1100010101 1011110101 1011010101 0101011101 1111001111 1101011101 1101110101 1100010111 1101011111 0101010101 0101010101 1111000101 1111001111 1101010101 1101110101 1101110111 1011010101 1001010111 1111011011 1101011101 0101110101 1101111111 1101111101 1111011101 1101100001 1111110101 1101010111 0001010111 1111001101 01011101001 0101000101 0101010001 1011010101 1101010101 110101110101 1101000101 1111010101 10110110101 1111001101 0011000101 0101010111 0101010101 1101110001 1011110011 1101010111 1101010101 1101110100 1101000101 0101001101 0101101101 0101010111 0101010101 0101110110 1101011111 1101111001 1111001101 1101011101 1001010101 11111100111 1101110101 1111011101 0101000101 1101110101 1011110001 10110001001 10110111001 1101010111 0001001010101 1101011101 0101010001 1101011101 1111010101 110101110101 1101110101 1101010111 0101010111 0101011101 1101111110 0011011101 1111010111 1111101111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; what, can, my, and, thy, thus, may, your, his, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e'er, since, yet, then, when are repeated.

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