This is an analysis of the poem To A Gentlewoman, Objecting To Him Hisgray Hairs that begins with:
Am I despised, because you say;
And I dare swear, that I am gray?... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeefggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11010111 11111111 11011111 11011111 11110111 11110101 11001101 10101101 11111011 11010101 11010101 11111011010 0001 1111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, and are repeated.
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