This is an analysis of the poem Verses Occasioned By A Young Lady's Asking The Author, What Was A Cure For Love? that begins with:

From me, my Dear, O seek not to receive
What e'en deep-read Experience cannot give.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccdd Xeff ggeeXf ffaahhXXddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111111001 110110100101 1101000101 1101010101 11101010101 11101010010 1101010101 11101110101 1011010101 1011010001 01010111010 1101010101 1101010101 1011110111 1101010101 01010110001 1011110101 1101011111 0101010101 110101010101 0111111101 11001110001 1101010111 1111001101 1011110101 1001010111 1101011101 11010001101 1111001101 11010100011 1111010111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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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