This is an analysis of the poem Opposite To Meloncholly that begins with:
Returne my joyes, and hither bring
A tongue not made to speake but sing,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXbbbXXXXccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101101 01110111 01011101 010010101 01110110 111011001 01011111 11010001 01110101 11110001 11110110 01010101 11011101 11111101 11110111 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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