This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 5. Set By Mr. De Fesch that begins with:

Let perjured fair Amynta know
What for her sake I undergo;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 11011101 10101101 010010101 10011101 11010111 11110111 01111111 01010101 11010101 11111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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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