This is an analysis of the poem A Pastoral Entertainment that begins with:

While in heroic numbers some relate
The amazing turns of wise eternal fate; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdeefXaXffddgghhhhffbbfaddXbbddXiiiae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001010101 00101010101 1101000101 1011010101 11110101001 01000101 01010100 010110101 1101010101 1111100101 1001010101 01010111010 110110101 1011011101 0101010101 11111101 11010001 10101 0101010101 1111010101 1011010111 1101010001 11001010101 0101110101 11010110001 1011010101 1001010101 11010101 1101010111 1100010101 0100001001 1101000101 11001011101 11010011101 101110101 1101111101 01111101 0101010101 11010101010 01011101010 11110101010 101110001 111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 301
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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