This is an analysis of the poem To Phillis The Faire Sheeperdesse that begins with:

My Phillis hath the morninge Sunne,
at first to looke upon her:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXbccccdXaaddee X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101010 11011101 0101010 110111010 1111110 11010101 11011110 11011101 0111110 0111010 1101110 111111 100111 1111100 0111010 1101111 1001011 10010111011 10011110111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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; it, her, she are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, me are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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