This is an analysis of the poem To Constantia, Singing that begins with:

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Thus to be lost and thus to sink and die,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcdcdd XeXefXbbgbgg XffffhihfifX XajXjXcbdcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1001110111 0101011001 01110101111 10101101111 01111101 01111111110001 101111011 10111110111 011011111101 1 01011011 011101010 1111000001 11010101010 0101011110 10010011 111101110 01000101 01010111 0101010111 1011001111101 1 010100111010 10000011101 01110111010 1110010101 11011111 010100011 11011111 11110101 110100101 1101100111 110101010100 1 1111100111 1101010111 1111110100 1011010111 11110110 011011111 01010101 11010101 11010101 1101001101 10001110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; thy, my are repeated.

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