This is an analysis of the poem Avising The Bright Beams that begins with:

Avising the bright beams of these fair eyes
Where he is that mine oft moisteth and washeth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXbcddcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1000110111 11011110110 01011001100 1010010101 1101101001 1111111100 0100111110 11001011001 1000101001 010111101001 11001111011 111110011 0101000100 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; he, with, and, in are repeated.

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