This is an analysis of the poem Thus The Mayne Glideth that begins with:

THUS the Mayne glideth
Where my Love abideth; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbXXaaccaaXXddeXeeffaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 111100 11110001 111111 11110001 01001100 1010100 1110101 11111010 010101010 11110101 01101101 010111010 0101110010 1010110 1011111 1010101 1110001 1011011 1010101 1011001 0110111 11010111 1010101 11101101 1000111 1011001 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; on is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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