This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful Lady Of The May that begins with:

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A quire of bright beauties in spring did appear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccaa Xbbddcc Xbbddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010110001001 01011001001 101001101001 01011011011 11001011001 11101011001 1 11111011011 01011011011 011010111010 110011010010 11101101001 11111001001 1 10111011111 11001101001 10111001011 01011011011 11011011101 11101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; in, and, your are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word return at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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