This is an analysis of the poem In Spain: Drinking Song that begins with:

MANY are praised, and some are fair,
But the fairest of all is She, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbCBCCC dedeXbCBCCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 10100101 1111011101 10100111 1110110111 0101101 1010110101 10111001 01 0111001 010110101 0101001 101101011 10101101 11000110111 0101101 1010110101 10111001 01 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines west is repeated).

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