This is an analysis of the poem Epistle From Arthur Grey, The Footman, To Mrs. Murray, After His Condemnation For Attempting To Commit Violence. that begins with:

Read, lovely nymph, and tremble not to read,
I have no more to wish, nor you to dread; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaadddbbeeeffggaaddaahhddcc aadddddaaccddbbiXieejjjbbbbbeeddggccddee aakkbbdddddhhffaahhiidddiiddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,40,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111011101 1111110101 1101001001 1101011111 1101111111 1111110111 1101001111 0101100101 0110010001 1111111101 0101110111 1101011101 01110001001 1111111101 1101010101 0101010101 11010011101 0101001101 1111011101 1011110101 11011101001 1111000111 1111111101 1101011111 1111111101 01010011101 11111101001 1101100101 1101110101 1111010011 1100110001 01010111001 11110001001 1111111001 1101111101 01010001101 1111111101 1111011111 1101011101 1101110101 1101111111 1101111111 1011011101 0011001111 1101110111 10101101101 11010100101 1110011001 1001001101 1101111101 10110011010 0111011101 1101010011 0111000101 1101110101 1101110101 1001110101 1101011110 1101011101 1111111111 1101010111 110001110001 1101110101 1101010101 0101000111 1101011101 0101110101 0101001101 10101110011 0111010101 1111110111 0111010101 1111111101 1101010011 1101010011 1111000101 1111001001 1101110111 1111000101 1001010101 1111011101 1101011001 1001010101 1111000101 11110101001 10010101011 1110111011 0111110101 1011000101 1111110001 1101011101 1111011101 01010001001 1011111101 1101010101 1111010011 1100011101 1111011101 1111110111 1111010101 0101011111 1101011101 0111111001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1571
  • Average number of words per stanza: 283
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • 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; to, i, my, how, and, they, your, with, been are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, turn, and, your are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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