This is an analysis of the poem Modern Love Viii: Yet It Was Plain She Struggled that begins with:

Yet it was plain she struggled, and that salt
Of righteous feeling made her pitiful. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadccdeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110111 0101010100 1101110100 1101011101 1111111101 1111010101 1101011101 11111111001 0111000101 1101011101 1111010101 1011000111 1111110111 0001010111 0011010011 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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:

    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; them is repeated.

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