This is an analysis of the poem To Chloe Weeping that begins with:

See, whilst Thou weep'st, fair Cloe, see
The World in Sympathy with Thee.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111 01010001 01011101 11011101 011111010 11110001 01011101 11010111 01110111 11111111 01011111 11100011 11111101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 537
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of To Chloe Weeping;
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