This is an analysis of the poem To Mrs. A. that begins with:
You whose clear life, one fair, well-ordered day,
In useful tenour calmly glides away;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 0101010101 0101010101 1111011101 1101011101 01010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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