This is an analysis of the poem Song—clarina, Mistress Of My Soul that begins with:
CLARINDA, mistres of my soul,
The measur'd time is run!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd efef Xeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 010101 01010101 110101 01110101 111001 01010111 010101 11111101 111101 11011111 111101 10110101 1111001 110100101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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