This is an analysis of the poem A Cruel Mistress. that begins with:
We read of kings and gods that kindly took
A pitcher fill'd with water from the brook ; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXbXccddeeXXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101111101 0101010001 1111010011 1001110111 0101001101 0101010101 1101010101 0011110101 1001010011 100110101 11111001001 1101010101 1010010111101 1110010011 0101110100 1101011000 0101011101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 763
- Average number of words per stanza: 139
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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