This is an analysis of the poem Celia Beeding, To The Surgeon that begins with:

Fond man, that canst believe her blood
Will from those purple channels flow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdccc Xbcbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 00110101 11010101 11010101 11111101 01010101 10111001 11010101 11001111 01111101 10110101 01010101 1110100110 111011111 01011001 11001101 11011111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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