This is an analysis of the poem Corydon that begins with:
A PASTORAL
SCENE: A roadside in Arcady... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X b ccdddXXe f Xg b hh f i b hhaacX f dX b d f d b c f bbhhii b ddhhb f bcXggaajjXbkkcceel b l X XXbXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,8,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,6,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,6,1,5,1,18,1,1,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100 10110100 10 01111101 01010101 11010111 01110111 11010101 10010110 11111101 11011100 10 11110110 11111111 10 11111011 11110111 10 010 10 10101 11011101 11111111 11111101 11111100 11010100 10 01110101 010 10 111 10 11 10 1111 10 011 11010111 11010111 11011101 11011111 0110011 10 11010111 01110101 01010101 11010001 11111101 10 11101011 01010111 11110100 01010101 11010101 01111101 01011111 01011111 01110111 0111111010 11001101 01110001 11011111 11011101 01010101 110111010 110001010 11010101 10 01110011 1010 11010101 10110101 11111111 11010100 11111101 11110011
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 76
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
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