This is an analysis of the poem To A Friend On His Nuptials that begins with:
When Jove lay bless'd in his Alcmæna's charms,
Three nights in one he press'd her in his arms;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111100101 1101110001 0111110101 0101100101 0101011001 1111011101 1001010101 1101110101 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; in, his, less are repeated.
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