This is an analysis of the poem A Devout Lover that begins with:
I have a mistress, for perfections rare
In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011001 01001101111 1101010101 0100010101 11000110101 1001010100 11111101010 110010101110 1101110011 1110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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