This is an analysis of the poem Inscription To Jessie Lewars that begins with:
THINE be the volumes, Jessy fair,
And with them take the Poet's prayer,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa dddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 10010101 11100101 01010110 01010111 01011101 110010101 01111101 11011111 11010001 101100101 1111010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 13
- 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.
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