This is an analysis of the poem To Mrs. K--, that begins with:

WHAT crowding thoughts around me wake,
What marvels in a Christmas-cake!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff ggcchhiiddhhff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11000101 11110101 01010101 01110101 01000101 11010100 01110101 01110101 01011111 11011101 11010111 010011101 11000111 11011101 11011101 11110101 01110101 11010101 01111101 01011101 11010101 01110111 01111101 11110101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, a, of are repeated.

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  • summary of To Mrs. K--,;
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