Song.—thy Form Was Fair by Louisa Stuart Costello: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song.—thy Form Was Fair that begins with:

Thy form was fair, thine eye was bright,
Thy voice was melody; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X a b c b c b d e d e a f aXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 111100 01110101 0111 11110111 111101 01011101 111101 11111111 110111 11110011 1011 11111101 110101 01011101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 29
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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

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

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