This is an analysis of the poem An Olde Lyric that begins with:

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Oh, saw ye my own true love, I praye,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXXaaba X XXXXbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111111 111111 1010110110 0100101 1111101111 0111101 1110111101 1100111 1 110110111 111111 10101111011 1101101 101110101 1000111 1110110101 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; many, as are repeated.

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