This is an analysis of the poem Louisa To Strephon that begins with:

Ah! Strephon, how can you despise
Her, who without thy pity dies!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaahhaahheebbggiiaaggjjkkkkggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01011101 01011101 10110111 11000101 01001101 01110101 11111111 11110101 11111001 110100101 10110101 011100101 11011001 01010101 11110111 10111111 011010001 010101101 111001001 10010101 01010011 111101001 11010101 01010111 11111101 11110101 111101001 110111001 010100101 01010101 11010101 101100111 11010001 01110101 11011101 111101010 11100101 101000111 11110101 11111101 10011101 10110101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1536
  • Average number of words per stanza: 287
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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

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