This is an analysis of the poem Thou Gaudy Idle World Adieu that begins with:
Thou Gaudy Idle world adieu,
& all thy tinsell Joys;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXbXXbXababXcbccdcdefef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11101 11110111 11010111 111101 11010101 010101 11110111 11110101 110101 11110101 110110 0111111 110111 11010100 111111 00011111 010101 01011101 011101 11010101 110101 1010101 1111010 11010111 1110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 776
- Average number of words per stanza: 145
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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