When I By Thy Faire Shape Did Sweare by Richard Lovelace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When I By Thy Faire Shape Did Sweare that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabXaacc X XXbbbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111101 11001101 111111 111110 1101110111 1101001 1111001111 1101010011 1 11111101 111011111 111101 1101001 0111101101 100101 111110101 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, then are repeated.

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