This is an analysis of the poem The Steadfast Shepherd that begins with:
Hence away, thou siren, leave me,
Pish! unclasp those wanton arms,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXC adedacbC eaeabcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111011 1101101 10111011 1110101 11101101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01101110 1011101 10111010 1011011 11011101 011110001 11010111 11011101 11111010 1011101 11101010 11000101 110101101 1111101 11011111 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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