This is an analysis of the poem A Hue And Cry After Fair Amoret that begins with:

FAIR Amoret is gone astray--
   Pursue and seek her, ev'ry lover; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef egeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 11101010 11011111 110100010 10111101 110111010 10100101 100011010 01011101 111111010 11011111 110111010 11011101 111001110 11111001 100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more 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; she is repeated.

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