This is an analysis of the poem Comfort To A Youth That Had Lost His Love that begins with:

What needs complaints,
When she a place... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccbdccdeffeghhghiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101 1001 01 0101 1111 1111 01 1111 1101 0111 11 1111 1111 1101 11 1101 1111 1101 11 1011 1101 1111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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