This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of A Young Lady To Her Ancient Lover that begins with:
Ancient Person, for whom I
All the flattering youth defy,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcC aaddeecC ffXcbbgghhcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 10100101 10010111 1010101 11010111 1010011 1110111 1110101 1010101 1110101 1110101 10100101 1010101 1010011 11011101 01110101 11010110 0111001 11110101 01011101 1010111 1111111 11110101 1111101 11111011 1010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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