This is an analysis of the poem The Visit that begins with:

FAIN had I to-day surprised my mistress,
But soon found I that her door was fasten'd....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecbXX fgfdf cXbhbhhXefi fffi bfehigeXfefX fchf fifeafb Xde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,11,4,12,4,7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101110 1111101110 1110110110 1010111010 0010111010 1010101010 1010111010 1110101010 1011101010 11111010100 1010101011 1000101110 1111101010 1110101110 1110101010 1101111100 1011101010 10111000010 10100001010 0010101110 1010100010 1111111010 1011101010 10101011010 10110101010 10110010101110 1011001110 1010111010 1110111110 1011011101 1110111010 1111101010 1001101110 1010111010 0111101011 1010100010 0110101100 0110111110 0011111010 1111101110 00101010110 1111101110 1111101010 11101011100 1111100010 1110101010 1011100110 1010110010 1010101110 1010111010 1010101010 1010101010 0011101010 1010101110 1010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, found, her, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on, were are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase slumber connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Visit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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