This is an analysis of the poem To Manon, On His Fortune In Loving Her that begins with:

I DID not choose thee, dearest. It was Love
That made the choice, not I. Mine eyes were blind ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbcbdebdeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011110011 1101111101 1011010111 01001111111 1101010101 0111111101 11001011101 1101111101 1101011011 11110101010 1111010101 11011000100 11110101010 0101000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; not, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, which are repeated.

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