This is an analysis of the poem To His Love When He Had Obtained Her that begins with:

Now Serena be not coy,
Since we freely may enjoy ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbaaccddeeeeffgggghXeehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 1110101 1010101 10101001 1110011 0111101 1110001 1111011 0111100 11011111 101101001 11010011 10111101 10010001 11111101 11010101 11111101 01010011 11110111 100100111 110111010 010101010 01010101 11011101 010010001 010111010 01010111 11010101 11110111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1003
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of To His Love When He Had Obtained Her;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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