This is an analysis of the poem A Description of Such a One As He Would Love that begins with:

A face that should content me wondrous well
Should not be fair but lovely to behold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Metre: 0111101101 1101110001 0101111001 0101111101 1011111111 0110100101 0111111101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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