This is an analysis of the poem To Amarantha; That She Would Dishevell Her Haire that begins with:

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Amarantha sweet and faire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa XcXdX XXdcX Xddaa aeedd affaa XeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1000111 11111101 11100111 10011101 1 1011101 10110001 11101011 0101111 1 1011010 11010101 1010101 11000100 1 1111111 010110101 1010101 11111101 1 1110101 010101001 1011111 11110101 1 11111110 010101110 1111111 11011011 1 1110111 110011101 11101001 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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