This is an analysis of the poem On A Gentlewoman That Sung And Play'D Upon A Lute that begins with:

Be silent you still musique of the Sphears,
And every sense make haste to be all ears,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXXbbaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110001 11001110011 11010100010 0101110101 0101000101 1010010111 0111110111 1001011101 0111010011 0111110101 111111001 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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