This is an analysis of the poem A Visitor In The Camp that begins with:

To Mary Robinson
'WHAT, are you lost, you pretty little lady?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXcXXXXcdXcebecXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100 11111101010 0011111111 11010101110 1101111111 11111111111 1111111011 01110101110 0011110100 11010111110 1101000101 11110111010 1101011101 11111111111 0101010101 01111101010 0001111111 1010101111011 0111110111 11010101010 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 937
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; you, and, we are repeated.

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

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