This is an analysis of the poem On A Young Lady that begins with:

Whose Lord was Travelling.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbbbccXdddee ffgg hhiijXbbjjffXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111100 1101011001 110110101 1101011101 1111010101 01011011001 0101000101 0100110101 0111011101 0101011001 1111010111 0111010101 1011010101 01001110101 1101010101 1101010101 0101011001 111101110 1011010001 1100010101 01111110101 1011010111 1101111101 0101010100 1100011100 1010010101 1111101111 1111010111 1111001101 1101110111 1111010101 0111110111 01011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, they are repeated.

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  • summary of On A Young Lady;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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