This is an analysis of the poem The Wakening, John Attye's First Book Of Airs that begins with:

ON a time the amorous Silvy
Said to her shepherd, 'Sweet, how do ye? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaABAX cccBcX cccBcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 100101111 1101111001 1101 1101111001 11010101 010101010 100110110 111111010 1101 110111010 11010101 0101010010 110101110 111111010 1101 111111010 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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