This is an analysis of the poem If Cynthia Be a Queen that begins with:
If Cynthia be a queen, a princess, and supreme,
Keep these among the rest, or say it was a dream,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100001010101 110101110101 111101111101 1001011111111 110111110110 1001010010101 1101010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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