This is an analysis of the poem Astrophel And Stella-First Song that begins with:

Doubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth,
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAX bbAb XXAX XXAX ccAc XXAX XXAX XdA d XXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111100 1111100001010 0101110101 10011101110 11011101010 11010101010 0101110101 101101010110 11011101010 11001111110 0101110101 10111001100 11011111010 11111101010 0101110101 10010101010 11011111010 11011101110 0101110101 10110101110 1101101110 11110001100 0101110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101111111 0101110101 10010100101 11011101010 11110101010 0101110101 10011100110 11011111100 1111100001010 0101110101 10011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, my, doth are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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