This is an analysis of the poem Corydon's Farewell To Phillis that begins with:

Farewell, dear love; since thou wilt needs be gone,
Mine eyes do shew, my life is almost done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdd ccecdd ffXabb ddXbXX gggebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111110111 110101111111 1010111111 10101111 11101111 1111101101 1011110101 110111011111 1110111011 11101111 1111111 1101111101 1111110101 1111001111101 1110111101 11101111 111111011 1101111001 1101001111 110111111101 1111111110 11111110 111111110 11111101010 10111101010 1110100011010 0111111111 01111111 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, not, no, but, goe, thy, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, shall, wilt, goe, she, if are repeated.

    The author used the same word farewell at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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