This is an analysis of the poem Song. Good Counsel To A Young Maid that begins with:
GAZE not on thy beauty's pride,
Tender maid, in the false tide ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbb ccc aaX ddX eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1010011 1010111 1110101 1110111 1010101 1101111 1010101 0110101 1010101 1010001 1011100 1011111 1010101 1010100 1010101 1011101 00100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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