This is an analysis of the poem Verses To Her Royal Highness The Duchess, On The Memorable Victory Gained By The Duke Against The Hollanders, June 3rd, 1665 that begins with:
Madam,
When, for our sakes, your hero you resigned ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abbcXddaabbeeffccddeecccbbccddccgggghheeaXcciiddhheehhddjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10 1111110101 01011100101 1101010111 0101000100 1111010111 0101111101 1111010101 0101011111 1101011101 1101111101 11111100001 1111010101 11001111101 1101100111 1011011101 1001010001 0101010101 110111101 1101011101 1101010101 1001110101 1101000101 0111010101 11001110111 1101010101 1011111001 1011010101 1100010111 1101011101 1001110101 1101010101 1101100101 1101011101 1111110101 1101010111 01001010101 1111010101 1011001001 0101010111 11010000101 10110101100 1111010101 1111111011 1011011101 0101110101 1100010001 0101011101 0101010101 1111000101 1101011101 10011100101 110111101 0100110111 1111011101 010010100101 1100010101 11101100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2577
- Average number of words per stanza: 451
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; your, to, her are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Verses To Her Royal Highness The Duchess, On The Memorable Victory Gained By The Duke Against The Hollanders, June 3rd, 1665;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by John Dryden
- Analysis of Impromptu Lines Addressed To His Cousin, Mrs. Creed, In A Conversation After Dinner On The Origin Of Names
- Analysis of The Hind And The Panther, A Poem In Three Parts : Part Ii.
- Analysis of Song To A Fair Young Lady
