This is an analysis of the poem Lucasta, Taking The Waters At Tunbridge. that begins with:

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Yee happy floods! that now must passe... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbX Xacac Xdddd XeXeX afcfc aacaX XdbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111111 01010001 11010111 11111111 1 01101100 10010001 1111111 1101011 1 110101101 010111011 110001101 1100101 1 11111010010 11011111 110101110 11011101 1 111110001 11010001 01010111 11110111 1 11111111 11010001 11010101 111111110 1 11010001 10110110 11010101 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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