This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 6. Set By Mr. Smith that begins with:
Phillis, since we have both been kind,
And of each other had our fill,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb eeee fgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111101 10110111 11110111 01010100 11110111 101100010 11110101 110100010 11111101 11101101 11110001 11110111 11110001 11011101 11110111 11110111 11111101 11000101 10011011 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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