This is an analysis of the poem Upon Julia's Clothes that begins with:

Whenas inn silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 11101101 11010001 11111111 11010111 111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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