This is an analysis of the poem Persuasions To Joy, A Song that begins with:

IF the quick spirits in your eye
Now languish and anon must die; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeddXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 00110011 11011011 0100111001 11010101 11011111 11110101 10110111 1101011 01111111 11110101 11110001 111010111 11010101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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