Poem Analysis of Chanson. - And Imitation by Matthew Prior for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Chanson. - And Imitation that begins with:

Que fais tu bergere dans ce beau verger
Tu ne songe gueres a me soulager?... full text

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX a bbccXccaa
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,9,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1111011110 11111001100 1101111110 111001011 1011110010 11111111100 111111011 111011111 1010 11001111001 01001101001 11111111111 11101001111 11101111101 111110111101 111111111001 111101111111
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 19
Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 8
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; tu, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tu is repeated.

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