This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 22. Set By Mr. De Fesch that begins with:
In vain, alas! poor Strephon tries
To ease his tortured breast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 010101 11000101 110101 11110111 110111 10110101 110101 11010101 111111 01110111 001101 11111111 110101 11010111 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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