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

How rich and pleasing thou, my Julia, art,
In each thy dainty and peculiar part!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 0111010101 1111111101 01001010101 0111010001 100101110 0101110111 011101100 0111110111 11010000100 1101101001 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; thy is repeated.

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