This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Portrait Of A Celebrated Publisher that begins with:
A MOONY breadth of virgin face,
By thought unviolated;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXefgbXbXfXhhiiXaXaaababgfcfXXhacajXdXhXggggegegafjf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 111000 01010101 0101110 01010101 1110010 11010101 1111010 01010101 0101110 01001101 1101010 11011110 1101010 01110111 011001 01111001 1101010 11010101 1101010 01011001 1101010 01000101 0101010 11110101 1101011 11001111 0110010 11111111 0101010 110101001 11001010 11010101 1101010 01000101 0101110 11100101 1101010 11100001 1001011 11010101 0101010 11010101 1101110 11010101 1111010 010011101 1101110 11010101 1101010 11011101 0101110 11010111 0101010 01010101 01010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1769
- Average number of words per stanza: 310
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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