This is an analysis of the poem Lord Lundy that begins with:
Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career
Lord Lundy from his earliest years...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcXdXeXffddgX hXXiXiaajjiigXgg aaiigghh i eekkccaaeeggXgbbbbcciieeii aabbkkggccbXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,16,8,1,26,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101111100010001 110001000 11110101 11000101 1000101010 11010101 10010110 1100000101 10101011000 11010101 11110001 11010001 01000101 101110101 110011010 01010101 11000100 01000101 01000101 111101010 01010101 11110101 01001101 010001010 111100110 01011101 11010101 110110111 011111010 11010111 11110101 01110111 11010111 11011101 01010101 01111101 01010111 010101111 11010001 101 01001101 11001101 01010101 11100101 010101010 011101010 01110101 100010011 11010101 01010101 10010101 11010101 1000101011 11010101 01110101 11100101 11110101 11011001 111100101 01010101 11110101 00110101 01110111 00010011 11001101 01100100 01011101 01111111 110001010 100101010 11000111 101110101 11010100 01110011 01010111 01011101 11001101 1111011100 01100111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; his, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Lord Lundy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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