This is an analysis of the poem To Mary, On Receiving Her Picture that begins with:
This faint resemblance of thy charms,
(Though strong as mortal art could give)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cbcb dXde fgfg dhdh eieiXeaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 11110111 11010110 01111111 11110101 11110101 01110101 01111101 11111111 110101010 11010101 11100101 11010101 110111010 11010001 1101001010 11011101 10010111 11010110 10111111 11010101 111111001 11010101 110010101 110101111 11010101 01110101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; which, thro' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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