This is an analysis of the poem Stella’s Birth-Day.1719-20 that begins with:

All travellers at first incline
Where'er they see the fairest sign... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddbbaabbddcceeXeddeeeebbddbbccXbXadeffggddhhaaccii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 100110101 10110101 11010101 01011101 010101001 11010101 01010101 110101010 101101101 111101110 011101010 11010111 01011101 10010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01101101 01011101 110010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010111 11001101 11110001 11110001 11011111 11010111 11010111 11110111 11111101 11110101 10010101 11010001 1111111 01110001 11011101 01011101 011101010 111100110 100101111 110101010 11111001 01111111 11110101 11011101 11110101 110010001 11111101 11111101 01111101 11110101 11011101 01110011 11010111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2049
  • Average number of words per stanza: 384
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; and, she, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your, when are repeated.

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

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