This is an analysis of the poem Song: Let No Shepherd Sing To Me that begins with:

Let no Shepherd sing to me
The stupid praise of Constancy,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaaccddeeffbbffeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 01010100 1010011 110101 101001001 1010111 10100101 10101001 1010101 1010111 1010111 01010101 111111 1110111 1110101 1010101 1110101 1010001 1001101 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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