This is an analysis of the poem To The Countess Of Bedford I that begins with:

MADAM—
Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right ;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcdcd cece fgfg hbhX ebeb idid djdjXbbbbjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,4,4,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10 1001111101 1111010011 1111010011 1011010111 1111011100 01001110111 11110011001 1111011101 1111011011 1111010101 1011100101 1111111001 1101011111 1100111101 11010010111 1111010111 1110111100 0100101111 1111011101 1111011101 0101110001 0100010111 0110110101 1111010101 110101010 11011010011 010111010 1111110111 1001110111 0101111111 0101010111 1100010101 1111110111 0101111111 1101110101 0111111101 11111111111 1100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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