This is an analysis of the poem A Pastoral Ballad Iii: Solicitude that begins with:
Why will you my passion reprove?
Why term it a folly to grieve? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaabab cd cdcecefgfg hghgigigcb cXdjdjhXhX jXXXkhkhgdXgdjkjk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,10,10,10,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 11001001 111101011 101011101 001110001 001101001 001001001 101011001 11110001 111011001 111111101 101101001 111101001 11011001 111111001 111001001 111001001 101001001 11011001 111001011 01011001 101001001 101111001 001010001 10011001 10011001 101011101 101001011 1010001101 001001001 111011001 10101011 001101011 11001001 11001001 1101101 11011011 111010001 111001001 101011001 101011001 101001001 101001010 1011111100 11011001 111011001 111011001 011001011 101001001 11001001 101001001 11110101 01011001 001001001 11101001 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, with, she, her, his, as, then are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, with, and, 'tis, what, then are repeated.
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