This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of That Excellent Person Mrs. Mary Lloyd Of Bodidrist In Denbigh-Shire, that begins with:

I CANNOT hold, for though to write were rude,
Yet to be silent were Ingratitude, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddeefXddaaccgghhffcbiiffffggaaffcbcbjjcbjjXgkkggllaaaaggkkeeaaddcbkkaaXXmmcbmXmmaaeennXcaaggaakkcbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 104,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1001001000 1101100100 1101010111 11001010101 111110101 11110011001 100101011 1111110111 1101110010 10110111001 1101011100 1101110101 1111011111 1001001111 1011010111 0101110101 1111001010 1101011111 010100101011 1111010101 0101011101 1111000101 010110100 1111010101 1101010101 1111111111 10010100111 1001010101 1101110001 1100110101 0101011111 1101010101 1101011101 0100010001 1111001101 1011010010 10110010100 0111011101 1001010100 1001010111 1101100101 1111011101 1111011100 0111001101 1001111111 0111011110 11011100001 1101111001 1100010001 0111011101 1011110001 01110001000 11001010001 1101010101 1111010101 11111111001 1111110111 1100111101 10110100111 0101000101 1101110001 1111110101 1101111101 1001010111 0101010101 1111001101 000110101 1001010111 1001000100 0011000101 1111110101 1101100100 1101010001 1101010101 1011010100 1101010111 0101010111 1101100111 0101010100 1101111101 1101111000 1011010111 0110110011 11110111001 110110011 10010010111 1011101101 1111010111 01001000110 1111011100 011011101 1111101101 1001011101 1110011101 0101010101 1001110101 1101100001 0101011101 1101001111 1110111100 1101001100 0101110100 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4459
  • Average number of words per stanza: 806
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, she, to, had, they are repeated.

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

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