This is an analysis of the poem Laeta; A Lament that begins with:
How sad droop the willows by Zalal's fair side,
Where so lately I stray'd with my raven-hair'd bride;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeee ffgg XXbb aaff ddbb hhii iijj ffkkXffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101111011 111011011011 101101011101 101011011011 11001101111 01101101001011 101111011101 111101011011 101101111001 011001011011 101101001011 101001011011 011001101101 101001011101 111011011011 111111011101 1011010111001 111001001101 101101101101 111101001001 11011101111 001011001011 111011101001 111111001011 11011101101 101001011001 111011111101 111011011001 01001101001 111111001001 101011011011 1001101001101 101101111111 101111011011 101101001001 101011011011 011111011001 10111011001 01111011011 1111001111101 110111001001 111011001111 111101011011 111111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, strove are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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