This is an analysis of the poem The Lady's Dressing Room that begins with:

By haughty Celia spent in dressing;
The goddess from her chamber issues,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeecXccffdXbbXfeeXfbbccgXffXhbbbbbbbbXXhhffbbaiccjjhhXfbbkkccffllffffbbiieehhjjccccffggiigXffllhhmmXXXfkkmmddhXaahhddhhffccbbiibbXbffddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 143,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 010001010 010101111 10110111 11010101 10110101 01010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 010111100 10010101 110111001 11011111 11011101 111100011 010101110 110111010 01001110010 11011101 11110101 01010101 11010111 01010110 01010101 110100101 0101001001 11110101 01110111 01010101 01010101 11001101 11010101 10100111 11001101 11010101 100100001 01011101 01000111 01010011 11111111 110111010 111011010 10010001100 011111110 11010101 11010101 10010001 110100111 01011101 10010101 110111010 110111010 01010111 01010101 11110101 11011101 01011111 01010101 110101011 0100100010 01110101 01010101 11000101 01010101 11010101 01110111 11001101 11110101 110111010 010101010 11010101 11010111 010101001 01110101 01010001 01000101 11010010 01011111 11011111 11010101 10010101 110001001 01010101 00110101 11110001 11110101 11010101 01100111 01010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11110101 11000101 11010101 11011111 110100010 110101010 00100101 01010101 01010101 100010101 111000101 11110101 11111010 11000101 11110001 01010111 01011101 110111001 11000101 01010101 010001001 11010101 110101010 110101010 01010101 11110101 100100101 100010101 11000101 11010111 11010101 11010010 11010101 01010111 11010101 01110101 01110101 10011101 11000101 01011101 111100100 01011111 010111001 01111101 11110111 110100101 11000101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4979
  • Average number of words per stanza: 890
  • Amount of lines: 143
  • 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; and, some, with, of, it, to, celia are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, some, the, or, he, her, such are repeated.

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