This is an analysis of the poem When Orpheus Sweetly Did Complayne that begins with:

When Orpheus sweetly did complayne
Upon his lute with heavy strayne... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaaaaa XXbccb dddeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010010 01010101 1010011 0101 10011 11010110 1100111001 01111101 11010111 0101 1111 01011101 01110111 01111111 01111101 0111 1101 01011001 01010001 10111111 01011001 1101 1111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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