This is an analysis of the poem Epistle From Mrs. Yonge To Her Husband that begins with:

Think not this paper comes with vain pretense
To move your pity, or to mourn th'offense.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcddeXeefgddcceefgccddeehhhiihhjjddkkeecchhiibbbddeejjllaaeeeebbhhbbffjjeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 0111010110 1111111001 11001010111 1101010001 11011010101 1011001101 10011011101 1101010101 0101010100 0111110111 0111111101 1101010101 0101011100 110110101101 1101110101 0101010111 1101000101 1101010011 0101010001 0101010101 0101010100 1111110001 010101100101 0100010101 1111010111 10010101101 1111011111 10011110101 0101011101 1111010101 111010111 0100101110101 1001010101 1001011101 11001110101 0111110101 1111111111 01010000101 1011101101 1111010101 0011010101 11010100010 0111011101 0111010111 0101011101 1111000101 1101110001 1111000111 11010101001 0101010111 1101100101 1001110101 11001010101 0101000111 1111000101 1011110001 10001000111 0101100101 1101010101 1111010001 11111010101 1101101001 10011100001 1101010101 01001110001 1001010101 0101111101 1111001101 0101010101 1101010001 1101110101 1101010101 1101001101 10111111001 0101010101 1101010101 1100010111 11010001001 0101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3383
  • Average number of words per stanza: 595
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, i, have, to, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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  • summary of Epistle From Mrs. Yonge To Her Husband;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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