This is an analysis of the poem A Bucolic Betwixt Two;Lacon And Thyrsis that begins with:

LACON. For a kiss or two, confess,
What doth cause this pensiveness,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbbbb aacdd eeefffggXccXddddddhhh iibbbjXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,21,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 11101000 1110110 1110101 1111111 11001111 1111111 0100101 1111111 11011101 0100101 1111101 1111101 101111111 11111101 1011111 1111111 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 0011110 0011111 1010101 10000100 10100111 1011101 10100111 1110101 1010011 10011111 1111111 1011101 1111101 101011 11101 1111111 1111111 0010100 1110101 101011101 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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