This is an analysis of the poem La Passion Vaincue that begins with:

On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid
(Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXXaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101001001001 111001001101 101001011001 101101001101 101111011101 101001111001 11011011001 101001111111 1100101100010 11001101001 101011101010 11101011001 11101111101 101111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 716
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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