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
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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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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