This is an analysis of the poem Saturday, The Small-Pox that begins with:
FLAVIA.
The wretched FLAVIA on her couch reclin'd,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccddaaee bbffggcchheebbb iiggaaaccccbb eebbffggjjffbb ccffccggbb aaggkkbbbb bbccbbbb ffkkffXjjggjjff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,8,15,13,14,10,10,8,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 100 01010010101 1101000101 0101001111 11110011101 1111011111 1101001101 101010101001 1101001001 1011010101 1111110101 10001010111 10111100011 1101110101 1011110111 1100011101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010111 1101110101 110010000101 1011011101 1101111111 11011111101 1101000101 1101010111 1101010101 11101110111 11010010101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110001 1101010101 11001110101 1101011111 1111010111 10111110001 1101110101 1101010101 10111100101 1101110111 1101111101 1101010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101011011 1111011111 11001010101 1111110101 1111010111 11110011101 1101110101 1111011101 1001110111 1101010111 1100011101 1111000101 1011011111 11001011101 1111100101 1111110001 11010101001 1101110001 11011100111 1101010111 11100101001 1111001111 1111111101 1101011111 101011010101 1001110001 1101011111 1011110101 1001110011 1001100111 1101110101 10101101 10111001001 1111011001 1101010101 1011011111 1101110011 1101111101 1011110101 1011010101 1101110001 1010010111 1101001101 1011010101 1101011101 1111001111 1111000101 1111010101 11010101001 1101011111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 97
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'for, has, me, by, my, and, oath are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'for, 'where, 'there are repeated.
The author used the same word 'ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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