This is an analysis of the poem Two Valentines that begins with:
I.--TO MISTRESS BARBARA
There were three cavaliers, all handsome and true,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabX cX dX dX eebbcX aaff c ccfX aaeea accee XXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,2,2,2,6,4,1,4,5,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 10110111011 11011101001 110110101011 110111110010 110011001001 0110111111110 1011001101011 1111111111000 101100101011 1011111110110 101100001101 101011011101 11011001011 1110101010001 11110111101 1010111111100 101100101001 011101111001 0110101111 11101011101 100101 1111111 1111001 0010101 1010110000 1110101 1011101 11100101 0110101 1011111 1110011 11100101 1110001 1110011 10111001 1011111 1110110 1011101 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, and are repeated.
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- summary of Two Valentines;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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