This is an analysis of the poem The Tears Of Amynta, For The Death Of Damon. A Song that begins with:

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On a bank, beside a willow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbacca XddeddeXXe XbbfbbfXeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101011 1001001010 1100101 00101010 10101010 1011101 1010 1110 10101001 1 11110010 10111010 1111111 10101010 100010010 1010111 1010 10010 1111111 1 10111010 10101010 1010001 10111110 10101010 1011101 1111 0011 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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