This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue To Mary Queen Of Scots that begins with:

What could luxurious woman wish for more,
To fix her joys, or to extend her pow'r? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddddcceecceeccaaXXbbbbffgghhhffhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010111 0101100101 11001100101 1101010101 1101001101 1101110101 1101011101 1011010011 11110101011 1101010101 1111110101 1001010011 0101011111 11001010101 1111010101 1101110001 0110010111 1101001101 1101010101 0111010101 1101001101 1101110101 0101110101 1101011101 11011001010 11001110101 0100110101 0101010101 0101010101 1100111101 1011011101 1101001110101 11010110111 11010111001 1111011101 1101011101 100011100011 0111110101 010011101001 1101001101 0111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1840
  • Average number of words per stanza: 314
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; love, they, to are repeated.

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