This is an analysis of the poem To Stella, Written On The Day Of Her Birth. March 13, 1723-4, But Not On The Subject, When I Was Sick In Bed that begins with:

Tormented with incessant pains,
Can I devise poetic strains?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaaXbgghhiiccggjjhhccggaajj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010011 11111101 11111101 11100011 11110101 010100111 10111101 11110101 11110010 11010111 11011101 10010001 10110111 11111101 110001010 011101010 11010101 11010001 010111011 11110001 01011101 11010001 11010111 01110101 01111101 11010101 11111101 11000001 11110101 11110101 11110101 010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 238
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, her are repeated.

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