This is an analysis of the poem Cupid And Plutus that begins with:

When Celia, love's eternal foe,
To rich old Gomez first was married;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX bcbc dbdb efef aXaX bbbb fbfb ffff gfgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011101110 11010101 011101100 11111101 101111111 11011101 001001011 110111111 1101011010 11011101 110111010 10011101 110101110 10010101 110101110 11111101 110101011 11111101 010101011 110100101 111111010 111101001 110101010 11011101 011001010 11001011 111101110 10110101 001111110 10110101 1110001110 110101110 111101010 110111010 1101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; he, she, her are repeated.

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