This is an analysis of the poem Melancholy -- To Laura that begins with:
Laura! a sunrise seems to break
Where'er thy happy looks may glow....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabccdd eXffccgghihi cdjdkkfjfj bbddeellXX XdkkddkmXjjffm cffccccggfXfX hdhdnndXddjj ajajllXg fofopcpcqqkk abaabppdkddkffllfpfpXkkdeeccjjnndjjeccee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,10,10,14,13,12,8,12,40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011101 100110111 110101011 11011101 010111 110111110 011101010 01011101 11111001 110101010 10111110 100111011 11100111 01010111 11110101 1010101 10010111 101010100 01010101 01010100 110101 1110001 1010101 1010101 10101110 1010111 101100111 0010001 01111101 1110111 0010001 00101101 1011101 1011101 1010101 100101010 10101010 10101110 00100010 11111100 10101110 1111111 1110111 1010001 001011 1111101 10111001 1110101 11101010 00101111 10100001 1011001 1010001 10100111 001010 1011111 0010101 1010111 1010001 1011101 101110010 10101110 1110101 1011101 1111111 1010001 1010111 10110 100110110 1011101 10101010 1011101 1110001 1000101 10101110 11111110 11111110 000111010 0111001 1010001 1110111 01011101 1011101 1110101 100101010 10111010 10111010 10101011 10111111 110101 01110101 010101 01110101 1101010 01110101 0001010 0101101101 010111110111 1101010101 11101100001 11110101 111101 01111001 10010001 110001 10110111 01011001 010010101 11011001 11010101 11011101 010101 10010101 01010101 11010000110 010110111010 11110110101 111101 1111110001 100101 1111001101 1111110001 0111110111 1111100101 01111101001 1111110101 1101110001 1011010101 11010011101 1101110101 0101110001 1111110111 11010010001 1111000101 1111110101 10101011101 11011101000 1101100111 11010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 139
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; thy, from, and, to, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, fled, for, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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