This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 19. Set By Mr. C. R. that begins with:

Phillis, give this humour over,
We too long have time abused;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dcdc dcdc efef XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1111101 11111010 0010101 11101010 0110101 10101010 1111111 11111011 1011001 10111011 10011101 10101011 1011001 10110011 1010101 10111010 1111101 110111010 1011101 10101010 1111101 11101010 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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