This is an analysis of the poem Chloris Appearing In A Looking Glass that begins with:

Oft have I seen a Piece of Art,
Of Light and Shade, the Mixture fine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdececfcfcgfgfdhch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01110101 11010001 111101001 11000111 0100101001 11011010 11110101 00110101 01010111 11111111 11011101 11010111 01011101 01111101 11101101 11110101 11101101 10010101 11110101 11100101 11111101 01110111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 827
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, and, i are repeated.

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