This is an analysis of the poem To Cloris that begins with:

Cloris, I cannot say your eyes
Did my unwary heart surprise; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddcceeccffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 01010101 10110111 11110101 111101001 01010100 11011111 01001101 110101001 11010111 01111101 10010101 11111101 01010111 111111001 11011111 10110101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and are repeated.

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  • summary of To Cloris;
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