This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of The Manor [Next Died The Lady] that begins with:

Next died the Lady who yon Hall possessed;
And here they brought her noble bones to rest.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeeddffgghheeeeiiffjjddkkggbbaaggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1111010101 0111010101 11010100101 11001010101 1101011101 0101110101 1101111101 0101010101 01110101001 01010100111 0101010101 110101010101 0111010101 1101000111 1101010101 0101010101 1101000101 1101010001 1111010101 1111111101 11010100101 1111110001 0111010101 11010100001 1111011111 1111010001 1111010101 0101000101 1001110101 1101010101 1111110011 1111000101 1101000101 1010100101 0111010101 1101010101 10111011101 1111101001 1011110111 0101010101 0101000111 10110100010 0101110101 11011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2050
  • Average number of words per stanza: 357
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; why, for, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, why, who are repeated.

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  • summary of The Lady Of The Manor [Next Died The Lady];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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