This is an analysis of the poem May-Day ; Or, The Discovery. A Pastoral. In The Manner Of Cunningham that begins with:
See! rob'd in new beauties, young May cheers the lawn!
Ye virgins! how charming her air!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded efef gdgd gXXX hehX eaeX egeg eaea agaX bgbX ahahXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011011101 11011001 11011011011 11001111 11011011001 110101101 11011011001 11011111 11011011011 11101011 111110011001 01011001 01011011001 11001011 01101101011 01111001 11011111001 01011101 011101011011 111101011 01101011101 11101001 11111001010 110111001 01101011101 11001101 11111001001 01001001 11111011001 11001101 11101011101 111110010 01111001111 01011001 11101011011 11011011 01101011001 110011010 011110011001 110011010 110110011001 11111001 11101011001 11111011 11011101011 11001101 10101101001 101001010 11101011111 11011011 01011011001 11101111 11101011011 111011111 111101011011 101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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; her, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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