This is an analysis of the poem The Auncient Acquaintance, Madam, Betwen Vs Twayn that begins with:
The auncient acquaintance, madam, betwen vs twayn,
The famylyaryte, the formal dalyaunce,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXaa XbXXXXX cbcXbXd edeXXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100101010101 0100001010 10111111110 11111111010 10011010100 110111010 11010100110 0111010011100 111000011100 11111011000 11100110111 11001010100101 10010111110 1110011111 1110110011 110101111110 111010101101 011100111110 111110111010 101010111001 11010111101001 11011010101 1100010110001 111101101001 11000101011 0010101001001 1111011101 110110011011 11011001011 111010101111 1101100110001 110101011011 11001001000101 11100101110101 1111010111 010110101101 1111101010011 10010111101 1000110011100 111011110 1111011111 110111111 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
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