This is an analysis of the poem To Chloe, Courting Her For His Friend that begins with:

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Chloe, behold! againe I bowe:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbbcc Xddaaccee XeeddddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011011 10101011 01111010 1010111 1001011 10101010 100111001 1111011101 1 11011011 11110101 111101011 110011011 01111001 100111101 111010111 1111010111 1 01011001 11010101 111111110 100101110 110100101 11011101 11010111 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, againe are repeated.

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