This is an analysis of the poem To His Young Mistress that begins with:

Fair flower of fifteen springs, that still
Art scarcely blossomed from the bud, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcc Xdedff ghghbb bXbXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100010111 11010001 11110100 01110100 10010101 01001101 01110111 11011101 10101101 10110011 10010011 11010001 01011101 11110011 11110001 11110011 11110111 11110101 11110101 01111100 11010101 0110100 11011100 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of To His Young Mistress;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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