This is an analysis of the poem To R.B. that begins with:
The fine delight that fathers thought; the strong
Spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe flame, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101110101 1111010111 111110101 110101000101 1111101011 0101111101 010011111101 1111111101 110010011110 110110011010 1100110111 01010100010 1101110111 11101111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 679
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
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