This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 8. Set By Mr. Smith that begins with:
Still, Dorinda, I adore;
Think I mean not to deceive you,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd edeed bfbbf gdggdXadaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 11110011 1111101 1011111 11111011 1011111 10111110 1010001 1111111 11111110 1111101 11111010 1111101 01011001 011101110 0111101 10101110 1110101 1111111 10011110 1011101 11101110 1010111 1011101 01111010 1010101 11101010 1011111 1111101 10111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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; you, i, my are repeated.
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