This is an analysis of the poem To Stella Visiting Me In My Sickness that begins with:

Pallas, observing Stella's wit
Was more than for her sex was fit,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeffggffhXiijjkkaXdXeellbbddiibbbbaakkbbbbeebbbbaabbaabbddeeaaaaiihhiibbeebbffmmhhaabbmmeennmmoobbeebbaahhkkeebbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 124,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 11110111 11010111 11010001 01011101 11000101 110100001 01010101 01011101 01010101 110010101 11010101 11010001 10010001 110010101 010010001 111100101 11010101 11010101 10011111 011100001 10010101 11111101 01010001 11010001 11010101 10010001 11010110 110100010 1100011000 11110101 11011111 11010101 01010111 01010001 11010101 11011101 01010111 11110101 11110011 01011101 11110101 11010011 11010101 01010011 01011101 110010101 11011101 10110011 00110101 10111001 11010001 01110001 01111101 11010101 11110101 01100101 11010101 11010001 11010101 11010001 01100011 11110001 01010001 11110101 10010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11010111 11110111 11110101 11010101 11110001 01110101 11110001 01010101 01110111 11010011 11010101 110000101 111100101 11011001 11010111 11110111 010110101 100101001 11000111 01110101 00010011 11100001 11110101 01110101 01010101 11110111 01010111 01001001 1100100111 11010101 01011101 111100101 11010111 110101010 010111010 11010101 01010101 11010101 01000111 10011101 01110111 11011101 11010011 11010111 11011111 11001101 11110111 01110001 11010101 11011101 11010001 10010101 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 752
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; in, or, and, of, to are repeated.

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

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