This is an analysis of the poem On Certain Elizabethan Revivals that begins with:
O RUFF-EMBASTIONED vast Elizabeth,
Bush to these bushel-bellied casks of wine, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbaXcbXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11100010100 1011010101 1111111101 1110110111 1111110101 1011011101 0111001101 01010010001 1111000111 1011110101 1001001111 0111000100 1101010101 1100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
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