This is an analysis of the poem Verses On Mrs Rowe that begins with:

SUCH were the notes our chaster SAPPHO sung,
And every muse dropt honey on her tongue.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffffddgghheeiihh hhddffbbddhhhXjjdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,18,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110101 11001110101 1111010111 1101110111 011111001010 01010101010 1011010011 01010101001 1101010101 1011110011 1011010101 1101010111 111100111001 0101010101 0101011101 1001010101 1101011101 11010110101 1101111101 0101010101 1001011101 1101010101 11010100101 1101010101 0111010101 11110101001 1011011101 11011101001 0101010101 01010100101 11001010001 1101110101 1001110101 11010100101 1011001111 0101010101 10101011101 1011010101 1100110111 1101011101 1111111101 1101010011 1101111111 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, her are repeated.

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  • summary of Verses On Mrs Rowe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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