This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount.[on Her Leaving The Town After The Coronation] that begins with:

As some fond virgin, whom her mother's care
Drags from the town to wholesome country air,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffbbXbggcXgg hhiijjff kkggffiiii llddiieedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,8,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010101 1001010101 1111010101 1101111101 00110101110 11110111110 1001110001 1101010101 1111010001 1111111111 1101110101 1101111101 1101010101 01011111001 0101110110 0111010101 11011010001 1011110111 01010100010 1101110001 10010101010 11111101010 1101110101 1101110101 1100011011 1101011111 10011100010 11011101010 1111010111 1111011101 0111011111 1101000101 0101010101 11000111001 01110010101 01111111001 101110001101 1111110101 1101010111 1110111101 1111111101 1101110101 1001110001 1111010101 1101011101 11010101001 1111011101 1111010111 1001011111 11011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; she, that, and, to, with are repeated.

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

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