Lady Mabel by Alfred Austin: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lady Mabel that begins with:

Side by side with Lady Mabel
Sate I, with the sunshade down;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cXcXcX ababab dXdXdX aeaXae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1100101 001010010 0010101 11101010 1010001 11111110 1011101 10101010 1111101 11111010 11000001 10101010 0010101 10111010 0010101 10111010 1010101 11101011 0010101 10110011 1000101 11111111 1011110 10101010 10101001 100101010 0011110 11111010 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, go, '' are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lady Mabel;
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  • history of its creation;
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