This is an analysis of the poem O Mistress Mine, Where Are You Roaming? (Twelfth Night, Act Ii, Scene Iii) that begins with:

O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110 111111110 1111111 11101010 10101010 10011111 10111010 01110110 1010101 00111110 11111110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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