This is an analysis of the poem To The Baron Destonne that begins with:
WHO HAD WISHED AT THE NEXT TRANSIT OF MERCURY TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN BETWEEN MRS. LA BORDE AND MRS. B.
In twice five winters more and one,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeebb aaddffbbeeaaXghhggii jjXhXXkkhh bbddeeff llddeeXaaddiicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,20,10,8,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011001000101010110111101 01110111 10010101 01010101 1100100101 011100110 010001110 10010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110100 110010111 11010001 11110111 111101011 01001111 001100101 100101001 111100101 01011101 01011111 11111110 01110101 11010101 11011101 110101101 11111111 101011101 01010101 01001101 11010011 11010110 11011101 10111101 10010001 010100110 010111010 01010101 11011111 111111001 11100101 010010101 11010101 11011101 11001101 11110111 11111111 110010111 11110101 01010111 010010101 11010101 11110111 11011101 0100100101 010101010 110101010 11110101 11010101 11011101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; again, and, what, today are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, what, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase today connects the lines.
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