This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 2. Set By Mr. Purcell that begins with:
Whither would my passion run?
Shall I fly her, or pursue her?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011101 11101010 1001101 111100010 11000101 1110111 11010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
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