This is an analysis of the poem To Sensibility that begins with:
In SENSIBILITY'S lov'd praise
I tune my trembling reed,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fgfg hihi ejej jaja gaga aXaa cdcd klkl dmdm iiii bbbb hihi anan chch aoao abab glglXegeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000011 1111001 11010101 111111 11010001 110101 10001101 010101 011001011 010101 01011111 0011001 111001010 010101 010101010 110101 11110101 010101 110101001 010001 11010101 111101 01011111 111111 010010101 111101 01010101 010101 10010011 111101 11010111 100101 110100101 111110 01010111 111101 11011101 110111 11110101 1101001 11010101 111111 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 110101001 111101 11010111 110101 11110001 110101 11011101 110001 11011101 110111 11010101 010101 101010111 111111 111101001 111111 11010011 0101001 10010101 110101 11010101 010001 11010101 001101 11010101 110101 11010101 011111 11110101 111101 11010101 010101 01010001 110111 11011111 011101 01010011 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; her, another are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words above, to, no are repeated.
The author used the same word though at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Sensibility;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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