This is an analysis of the poem To Anthea that begins with:
Anthea, I am going hence
With some small stock of innocence;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 01110100 1111111 01010101 01111101 01010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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