Addressed To ------, 1736 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Addressed To ------, 1736 that begins with:

With toilsome steps I pass thro' life's dull road
(No pack-horse half so tired of his load); ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbbaaccddeefffXXddddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111111 1111110001 1101010001 0111011101 1110100101 01001100101 1101000101 1101010001 1101010101 0101010101 1011100101 1001010001 1101010101 11100001101 11010011001 11001010101 1111011101 1101001101 1111110111 11110101010 1011110011 1111010111 0111010101 10010010001 110101110101 01110100111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.

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