This is an analysis of the poem To A Stout Shepherdess that begins with:
Dear lady, are you open to a hint
As down our sober pavement you display ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefefX fcfcghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110001 1111010101 0011010001 01000110001 1101000111 01010100010 0101010101 01010111010 11010111001 0101010111 1111010101 0111111101 110010001 11011111001 1011010101 11110101110 1111011101 0111110101 1101010111 1101111101 0101110001 111101001110 1111001101 11010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
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