This is an analysis of the poem A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed that begins with:

Corinna, Pride of Drury-Lane,
For whom no Shepherd sighs in vain;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeeffgghhiiiiccjjkkjjiiddggbXjjiiiiaaggjjffiiiiggbbkkbbiibbjjaaeeXg Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 010101110 11010001 110101101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01100101 11011101 110111010 100111010 11000101 11010101 100101001 01010101 11010101 01011111 010101010 1001011010 11010101 11010101 11011111 01010101 010011101 01010101 0101001010 110101010 11011101 11010111 11010001 01010110 110101011 11011101 01011101 10110101 010010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 100101010 011111010 1111101 01000101 01011101 1111101 11010101 11010011 01110101 11000101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010001 01010101 11110001 01010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 01100101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010111 01010101 01010101 01010101 1100010100 110111010 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, her, she, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

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