This is an analysis of the poem In A College Garden that begins with:

Senex. Saye, cushat, callynge from the brake,
What ayles thee soe to pyne? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXXcXcXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXdddabXXbXXXXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010001 111101 110011101 11001 11101 11011101 1011010011 111101 11011101 1101 1111 11011110 10111101010 010101 11010111 1100 1110 11110101 11010101 110101 11000111 0101 1011 11110101 11101011 0110 01010101 0101 1101 011110001 111111 11010 11010101 1111 1101 10011010 11010111 010101 111111110 1101 1001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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