This is an analysis of the poem My Sweetheart's Dainty Lips that begins with:

My sweetheart's dainty lips are red,
With ruby's crimson overspread; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb ccbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010100 01110101 10101001 010011001 110010101 0100110001 11001101 11110101 01110101 11110001 011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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  • summary of My Sweetheart's Dainty Lips;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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