This is an analysis of the poem An Apology To Dr. Clayton, Bishop Of Killala, And His Lady that begins with:
My Lord of Killala, I find to my Sorrow,
I can't have the Honour I hop'd for, Tomorrow....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccbbddXccddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100110110 111010111011 11011011101 111011110001 001011011001 101001001001 11011001001 101011011011 01011011011 11011000111 11011011001 11011111011 11011011001 111001001001 11101001001 01001101001 11111011101 101001001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, to, your, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, that are repeated.
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