This is an analysis of the poem At Lord's that begins with:

It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though my own red roses there may blow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbcccbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101001000101 111110111 0010101001000101 1011010111 101010111101001 10101010010001 1111111010101 1011010011 011 11101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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