This is an analysis of the poem Corydon's Supplication To Phyllis that begins with:

Sweet Phyllis, if a silly swain
May sue to thee for grace,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgfgfhfhfadadeeeeXeXecaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110111 11110101 010111 11110111 011111 11110111 111101 10111101 010011 11110001 101101 11111101 110101 11111001 101101 011101010 0111010 101101010 1110010 00011111 111111 11111111 010111 10110111 111001 010110101 111001 11011101 111101 11011110 010011 11000101 111111 11000110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1089
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Corydon's Supplication To Phyllis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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