You Know Where You Did Despise by Alexander Pope: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Know Where You Did Despise that begins with:

You know where you did despise
(Tother day) my little Eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaBXaaaaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 1011101 1011101 1110101 111 1111111 1011101 1111111 0010101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; little is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word where at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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