This is an analysis of the poem An Apology For My Fearfull Temper that begins with:
Tis true of courage I'm no mistress
No Boadicia nor Thalestriss... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccbbddeefXbXggXXcceebbgXbbbXbbeeggaagggXhhddbbaXaaaaeebbXXaabbbbddaaaccbbffbbeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 85,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100110 11001100 1111001010 110111010 110101010 110111010 110111010 01001001110 111111010 111111010 100110010 100111010 100111010 111101010 100101010 010111010 111011110 110111010 110001010 111101010 111101010 0100110010 111101010 011001010 100101010 010111010 111101010 110111010 111111010 111001100 111101010 011001010 11101110 110100100 111001010 111111110 110101110 011101110 110100010 111011010 111101110 111101010 1100101010 110111110 1111001110 0101110010 1111110110 011101110 101101110 110100010 1111011010 110111010 1101001010 0111110010 111111010 111011010 1101010010 010101010 111111110 100100010 111101010 110111010 110011111 110101110 111001010 110011010 1111110110 110001010 110111110 110111010 010101010 110111111 111111110 111101010 1101010110 110111010 110100100 111111010 011011010 110110010 110101010 110001010 110101110 111011010 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3117
- Average number of words per stanza: 559
- Amount of lines: 85
- 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; nor, some, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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