This is an analysis of the poem Second Epistle To Robert Graham, Esq., Of Fintry that begins with:
LATE crippl'd of an arm, and now a leg,
About to beg a pass for leave to beg;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdd eeddccffggaahh ddcceeeeiiddbb jjXk llggmmddnnnbbee bbkkooppaaoogXhh eecc ggbbkkXgeeqqq
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,14,4,15,16,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100111101 0101011101 1101010110 1000100101 01001100101 011100100001 1111011101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101011111 1101011101 1101010101 1100010100101 11010101010 011010001110 1011010101 0111111101 1011010011 0111101111 1101010111 0111010111 1111011011 0111010101 01100011 11110011101 1101100101 1101010101 1111110101 110111001 1110010101 1011010001 0101010101 11101010101 1011011001 110010100101 1001110101 1111000101 1010011110 1101110001 01110010101 1101000101 0111110111 11001111111 11010010101 0101010111 11111101010 111111001010 1101010101 11001010101 111111010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111010111 110011011 1101000101 1101000101 1111000101 0101011101 0101110101 0101011101 1001011101 110101010111 0111110101 1101001101 1001010101 1101011101 0110010011 1101110110100 1101000101 1101110101 1101010111 1101001111 0101001101 1101011101 1111010101 0101010101 0101110101 1001010101 1101011101 1111000101 1111010101 1011011111 1011011101 1101010111 1101010101 110001110101 010010011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 488
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, his, and, her, no, in, by, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, not are repeated.
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