This is an analysis of the poem To Lucasta, The Rose that begins with:

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Sweet serene skye-like flower, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc X ddeX X ffcc X XXee a bbgg a hhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011110 1001010 011101 111101 1 1101010 0101010 101011 110101 1 0101110 0101010 110101 110101 1 1110110 1101100 110101 0110101 1 1100010 0101010 010101 1010101 1 1101110 1110110 111111 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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