This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Lady that begins with:
In vain, fair Maid, you ask in vain,
My pen should try th' advent'rous strain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddaa eeffggaaddff Xghh iijjccjjddeekkaa ccllaaddaa mmkkffee ddlljjkkjjffaallXXjX aacc ddaaccll ddddlljjffllffhhaaaX ccjjXcaa Xjjaaccii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,4,16,10,8,20,4,8,20,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 111111001 110010101 01110001 110111001 11010101 111101010 110101010 01010101 01010101 01110111 11010111 11111101 11010101 11110001 100010111 0101100010 110001010 11010101 11010101 10011111 01110011 11110101 01010101 011111100 0111001110 011101010 010101010 1101101 11111101 01011101 110100101 010101101 11010101 11010101 11010101 011000101 01110101 110010101 010100101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 110110001 110100111 11010111 010100101 11100101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01100101 01111101 11010101 11010001 11010101 11001101 111100101 11010101 11010101 11111111 01110001 1010101101 01010101 01110101 010101010 111101110 011000111 11111111 11111101 100100001 11010101 11010101 110101001 01111101 110010111 11010101 01110101 010101100 11011101 010100010 11110101 01010101 010010101 11010111 11010111 01010101 10011101 11110101 110101001 01010101 110010101 111101001 11010101 01010101 110101001 01010101 01010101 110001001 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010111 11010001 01110101 11011101 1100101001 11010111 11010101 110010101 011100101 011001110 11010111 0101001001 01010111 01110101 101010110 01010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11010101 01010101 110100101 01110101 01010101 11110101 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 141
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, with, now, he, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the, now are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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