This is an analysis of the poem Written In A Young Lady's Album that begins with:

Sweet friend, the world, like some fair infant blessed,
Radiant with sportive grace, around thee plays;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdaadeedXXdXffaggacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 10001010111 1111010011 1101111101 1100010100 1111001111 0100110101 0111000111 0011010110 0111010011 01001010101 0100010011 1111110111 110010001010 01010111111 0111111101 0111110111 0101110011 1101000101 1101001111 10110011101 0101110111 1011010101 0101000101 0101011111 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 199
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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