This is an analysis of the poem The Violet Pressed In A Copy Of Shakespeare that begins with:

Here in the inmost of the master's heart
This violet crisp with early dew...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaX fafa gbgb chchXegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001000101 010010101 1101010101 010101 1101011101 010010001 10010111001 0101001 1011010101 11011101 1101000101 11010100 10110101010 10011111 01000001010 010101 11000010101 01111101 0101010001 011101001 01110010101 011111 0101010101 010101 0100110001 10011101 100110010101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, their are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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