This is an analysis of the poem Inconstancy In Love that begins with:

LET not Woman e'er complain
Of inconstancy in love;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccb dedeaaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 0010001 11101001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1011101 1011101 1111101 1110101 1110101 0011101 1010111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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