This is an analysis of the poem To His Lovely Mistresses that begins with:

One night i'th' year, my dearest Beauties, come,
And bring those dew-drink-offerings to my tomb;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111110101 11111100011 11111100101 11011100101 110000100111 1111110011 1110111111 0111110111 1101010111 0111011111 1111011101 1111110111 0111100101 1111111101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 676
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, my, or are repeated.

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