This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of La Garaye - A Threnody that begins with:

HOW Memory haunts us! When we fain would be
Alone and free, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaccXddccceeffaagghX iijhhjbbddkkggllhkkhbbXe kkkkccgccgbbgkkcmccmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,24,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111110 0111 1001010101 1001110111 110101 1011110101 0111110101 100100 0011101101 1111011101 1001101 011101 1101011101 110101 0010101 0111000101 0101001 11011010011 1111001 1101010011 1111111101 1111 111101110000 11111100111 110111 10111100110 110111 0101 10110100010 1111110101 1101001 1101110101 1101010100 110101 100101 1101010001 111011 1101010111 100101 1111011101 111001 10111101001 1101110101 1001011111 0100010 01000010101 0101010001 000111 100101 1111010111 1101000101 1101111101 011111 01011111111 111101 111111 1101100101 1101111101 111010101 1001 1011010101 110101 1111011111 11110101110 101111 110101 11110100010 1111111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 829
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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