This is an analysis of the poem Astrophel And Stella: I that begins with:

ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: I
Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcbcadadXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1001101 100111011101 111111110011 101101101101 101101110101 111101010101 1000101010101 110101010111 1111010011111 111101101001 010101111101 110111110011 110101110011 101101101111 10011101100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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