This is an analysis of the poem O True And Tried that begins with:
O true and tried, so well and long,
Demand not thou a marriage lay; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc Xeef egge fhhf diid jhhj ikkc diid jggj fddf beeb lddl hhhh dhhd iiii icci dmmd bggb chhc ieei bggb hggh kcck nddn boob fddj hpph Xddi ippi iggi ikkc kddk gddg dqqdXiggi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111111 01110101 01001101 01011101 11111101 11111111 01001111 11110110 11111101 11101111 01011101 11011111 11010001 01010101 11011101 11000101 01011101 10010111 11110111 01010101 11010111 11010101 11110101 01010111 110101010 11110111 11010101 010101010 11110101 11111111 11010111 01010101 11011101 11010011 11111111 11011110 111101010 110100101 01010111 010101010 11110101 11110101 11110101 11010011 11110111 11010101 11010101 11110001 11000101 01110101 11010101 10110101 10010101 01110101 01111101 01101111 11111101 11000101 11011111 01111101 01011111 0101001001 01111101 01110001 11010110010 010100101 01100001 111001010 110100101 01010111 11011101 11010101 01010111 10010101 11010101 11010101 111101001 01110101 110100011 01010101 01011101 11111101 11010111 11010101 11110101 01000101 01010101 11010101 11110111 11110101 11110001 11111111 01111101 01010101 11011111 01010101 01011111 11010111 11111111 11111101 01010101 01010101 01110101 01010111 110100101 101101111 110100101 110101010 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01110101 111100101 11011111 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11111101 11110101 01110101 11010001 11110101 01010111 11110101 01110101 01110111 11010101 01111011 01011101 11010101 11111110 11110011 010001011 10011011 01010101 01010101 11011101 11110111 11111100 11110101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 35
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 144
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, for, her, that, to, they, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, for, that, the, who, is are repeated.
The author used the same words o, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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