This is an analysis of the poem Answer To Some Elegant Verses Sent By A Friend To The Author, Complaining That One Of His Descriptions Was Rather Too Warmly Drawn that begins with:

'But if any old lady, knight, priest or physician
Should condemn me for printing a second edition;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1085
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, whose, their are repeated.

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