This is an analysis of the poem On Fayrford Windowes that begins with:

I know no paynt of poetry
Can mend such colourd Imag'ry... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXba cXdXee XbfXXXeeXagXXeXcbb XXee hhddXh fXdX ffcc bbbbggbbddbb eXXXXXbb XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,18,4,6,4,4,12,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 11110100 01011101 11011100 10010101 10011101 10010101 01010110 111101101 11010101 11001100 01110001 11111101 11000101 10110110 11101101 01010101 100100101 11110100 11010100 01010011 01010111 01010001 11011101 11010101 01010111 11101011 11100111 01110011 01010100 11110111 11111101 10010101 11010111 10010101 11111101 10011101 10010111 11110101 111101100 01010101 010111001 01011111 11111101 01110001 11011101 11010111 01111111 11110111 01010001 11011101 01011001 010100101 01011111 01110111 101101001 111001101 01110001 01011101 1011100 01000110 111100111 11010101 11010011 11010101 11011101 11011110 10110101 01010111 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; see, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word such is repeated.

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