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

[Silvia] Pretty Nymph! within this Shade,
Whilst the Flocks to rest are laid,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ddffbb d dgg hhXeiXaaddffbb i iieXgg i i f fjjggdd cchhdd eehhaa ccaa XhddgXbbggffggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,1,3,14,1,6,1,1,1,7,6,6,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 1111101 0100101 1010101 11100101 0101011111 1111101 1110101 1011101 0110111 1011111 100110101 0101110101 1010111 11011101 1001111111 11011101 1000101 0010001 1100001 10001010 0010101 11010101 1010111 1011111 1010101 1100101 1010101 11110101 0101010 100101 1010101 1010101 1110010 1110101 11011001 0101011101 10011011001 0101011111 1001011101 1010111 1110111 0101101 1000101 1111101 110101 0101010001 1010101 1010101 1100101 1111101 1110111 1001111101 01111101 1111111 1010101 1010111 10110101 0101110111 1010101 1011001 1110101 1001111110 1010111 1111111 11010101 1 010111101 11010111 1110101 11110101 1111111 1111101 1001101 0011111 11010101 01101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whilst, chloe, when, till, what are repeated.

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