This is an analysis of the poem Astrophel's Song Of Phyllida And Corydon that begins with:

Fair in a morn (O fairest morn!),
Was never morn so fair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedXXafXghgaiXiXefehaiacjcjkaaaaiaielclflalldjdkhkhghlhkaaafiXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 110111 11011101 110001 1011001 1101010 01011101 1101010 0101111 110111 11011101 110101 011001001 101101 11011101 110111 01111101 110111 11110101 111101 01011101 110101 11011101 011101 11011101 111101 11011111 111101 11101111 110101 11010111 010101 11011101 110101 01000101 110001 11000101 11010111 11000101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11000101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11000101 11011101 11000101 110001110 11001101 110001110 11001101 110001110 11001101 110001110 01011101 110001110 01011101 110001110 11110100 01010101 11000101 11010100 110101001 11000101 11011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 414
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; morn, hill, hap, had, her, only are repeated.

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