This is an analysis of the poem A Pastoral Dialogue that begins with:

Dorinda. Sabæan Perfumes fragrant Roses bring,
With all the Flowers that Paint the gaudy Spring:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddee ffbbXbgghhbbeeXXiiXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010100110101 010101101001 1001011001 0111110111 0100101011101 1001100101 1111111101 1110010001 11101011101 0110010111 1101010101 1101011101 10111110101 11010011001 1100011111 1001111101 1110111001 1101011001 11011101001 1101011111 101111111111 1111110011 1111110100 1110011111 11101011111 0101011101 1101010101 0101011111 1011110100101 0101110101 1101101101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 479
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, in, his, i are repeated.

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  • summary of A Pastoral Dialogue;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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