This is an analysis of the poem A Servian Song that begins with:
Wherefore neighest thou so sadly?
Stampest with the hoof so madly?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff aagg ccXX eeffXeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101110 10001110 1111101 0110111 11111101 10011011 1111101 1011101 11101110 10101010 10111001 1010001 10111010 11001110 1011101 1011101 110100101 10111011 1011110 11001101 10101010 111001010 10111001 1011101 11101010 10101010 1011101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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