This is an analysis of the poem To My Lord Colrane that begins with:

In Answer to his Complemental Verses sent me under the Name of CLEANOR.
Long my dull Muse in heavy slumbers lay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaabbccdd aaXcXaeeccaa Xbeeffddaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01000100010111001010 1111010101 0101101111 0101010001 1101010001 110100101 0001010101 011111011 1001110101 0111010101 1111010001 1100111100 1101110101 0111111110 1101001101 0101010100 0111011100 101000011 1101000101 1101010111 1101011101 1111101101 1101010101 0011010101 1111010011 1011111011 1001010101 0101110101 0101010101 1111101111 1101010101 0110010101 1001011101 0101010101 0101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to, her, and are repeated.

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  • summary of To My Lord Colrane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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