This is an analysis of the poem Cherry-Lipped Adonis... that begins with:

Cherry-lipped Adonis in his snowy shape,
Might not compare with his pure ivory white, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccccbXXbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101000101 11010011001 1111010111 1101010101 0101010011 11011101101 0101010101 0101010101 0111100101 0101010101 110111110 0111010101 11110101010 01011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; his is repeated.

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

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