This is an analysis of the poem Young Philomela's Powrfull Dart that begins with:

Young Philomela's powrfull dart
Two gentle shepheard's hitt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXXXXXbcbdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110101 01011001 10001 01011101 110110 11100110 10111 011101010 010101 01010101 010101 11011101 110101 01011111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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  • summary of Young Philomela's Powrfull Dart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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