This is an analysis of the poem Here Will I Take My Rest that begins with:

My lady, that did change this house of mine
Into a heaven when that she dwelt therein,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabba ccccddc efefdXe ggggaag hihiggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 00010111101 0101110101 10001111001 1101010011 1001110101 01010100001 1111101111 01010101001 1001011101 0111010111 01000110101 1111110111 1100110111 1100111101 0101010101 11010010101 11011010101 01011011111 0101110100 0111010011 1001110011 1101011101 1100110011 0100011111 1001000101 0101010001 1101110101 1100111111 0101010101 10010100101 1001010111 1101110111 1001111111 1011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; my is repeated.

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

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