This is an analysis of the poem A Singing Lesson that begins with:

Far-fetched and dear-bought, as the proverb rehearses,
Is good, or was held so, for ladies: but nought... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaB bXb XXaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010010 00111111011 0011000010010 11111 101001101101 111111011100 001001101111 1010011011010 11001001010 1010011110110 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Singing Lesson;
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