This is an analysis of the poem His Last Request To Julia that begins with:

I have been wanton, and too bold, I fear,
To chafe o'er-much the virgin's cheek or ear;--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011111 01101010111 1111010111 1001110101 1111010101 11010111001 1111011101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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