This is an analysis of the poem Life Is The Body's Light that begins with:

Life is the body's light; which, once declining,
Those crimson clouds i' th' cheeks and lips leave shining:-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010111010 110111111110 110110001 0111101101 1111110111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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.

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