This is an analysis of the poem To Willie And Henrietta that begins with:

If two may read aright
These rhymes of old delight ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb ccdd aabb eeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110 110101 111101 1111011101 100101 010111 010101 1101011101 100101 110101 100101 1101010101 10100101 010001 111111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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  • summary of To Willie And Henrietta;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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