This is an analysis of the poem On Mrs. Ar: F: Leaving London that begins with:

From Town fair Arabella flies,
The Beaux unpowder'd grieve,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcacXadddddbXbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 0110001 01010101 01010101 0010101 01011101 110111 11111101 110101010 011101 11011001 110101 11010101 11010101 110101 11000101 110101 01110101 01010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye is repeated.

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

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