This is an analysis of the poem In Charidemum that begins with:

YOU, Charidemus, who my cradle swung,
And watched me all the days that I was young;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddXXccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100011101 1111011111 11110100101 1101010101 0101110011 11110101100 1001110111 1101111101 0101000111 110110100110 1101010101 1111001101 0111111111 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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