This is an analysis of the poem Stella's Birthday March 13, 1727 that begins with:

This day, whate'er the Fates decree,
Shall still be kept with joy by me:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccXc ffee gghhccbbbbbbiiee eejjffhhbbeehhgghhbbkkbbggbbeebb kkcceehhggeeXccbbffkkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,16,32,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011000101 11010111 01111101 11111111 11110101 11010011 01000101 0111001 11010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 010100100 011111001 11111111 11011101 11110101 11011101 01010011 01010001 110010001 111100011 01010101 01010011 10011111 11010101 11110101 00010100 11011101 11010001 11010001 11010011 110101001 01110101 11011110 01010111 11010101 01010001 11010011 11110101 11001101 01010101 11010001 11001101 11011111 01010001 01000101 11010101 110101001 11010101 11110111 11010001 111000001 11111101 11010111 11010001 11010101 01010111 11010101 11010101 10110011 01001101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110111 11011101 11111101 11000111 11010111 11010111 11000101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11110101 11100101 11110101 110111001 11110111 01011001 11011101 11011101 11110101 11010111 10111111 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 533
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; your, to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, or are repeated.

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