This is an analysis of the poem Phyllida's Love-Call that begins with:

Phyllida. CORYDON, arise, my Corydon!
   Titan shineth clear. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbbcb Xdcddbdebe XfcfbGhbGh hXhXhXehXe XccciXXiXh XbcbaXbacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100011100 10101 100100110100 100111 1100111101 101011 10111101 1100111001 111111 11111101 11110111100 10111 11111011101 11101 1111111111 111011 11010111 1111111111 111011 11000101 11010101100 11011 1101011101 11011 1101111101 111111 11010111 1101111101 111111 11010101 1111001101 10100 1111011001 10100 1110111101 110110 111111001 1110111101 110110 10011011 1111001100 11001 1111011101 10101 1100100101 100010 11000110 101011001 100100 11000101 1101110100 10111 1101011101 11101 1100111111 100010 11000101 1111111111 1001111 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; corydon, arise, i, my, come, to, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words arise, i are repeated.

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

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