This is an analysis of the poem The Female Exile that begins with:

Written at Brighthelmstone in Nov. 1792.
NOVEMBER'S chill blast on the rough beach is howling,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababacXcabab ddddefefagaghihiadXdfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110000101 010111011010 01101111001 1110011010110 101111001101 011110110010 11111101101 011011010100 11101011101 111010110110 11001111001 1011011011010 11101001001 11011111010 110010011010 011000010010 110010111010 010010110010 01011101011 010001111010 110011010001 011010010110 11101101101 110111110010 010110011111 011011100010 110000101011 0111101100010 11001011101 1011011010010 1001101011001 110011010010 11001101001 110111110111 010010101101 11111110100011 111011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 929
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; her, to are repeated.

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