This is an analysis of the poem Cloris, It Is Not Thy Disdaine that begins with:

Cloris, it is not thy disdaine
Can ever cover with dispaire ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbX XbXXXcc XXaddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 11010010 10110111 11110111 110111101 1100101101 1111111011 111111010 010100001 1000111011 111101010 01001111 01010101 1011110101 111111111 01001110 10010101 110110101 11111111 100111011 0111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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