This is an analysis of the poem Queen Mary's Complaint that begins with:
I.
Pale moon! thy mild benignant light... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbaaccbb X aaddeeff X aagghhdd X ddeeccii a hhggbbdd a bbhhjjff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111001 111101001 10010101 110100101 11111101 11010011 10110001 11110101 1 11000101 11111111 11011111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01110101 01011111 1 10010101 01110101 01010001 11011101 11011101 11000101 01110101 11110111 1 11110101 110011001 111101101 110100001 11011101 11010111 11010101 01001101 1 11110101 11010101 100110101 01010101 01010101 11010111 11011111 01011111 1 110100101 10000101 11111101 11110001 11111001 01010101 11110101 11001111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, on are repeated.
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- summary of Queen Mary's Complaint;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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