This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Payne, that begins with:

Wife of Right Rev. Bishop PAYNE, died at Monrovia, Liberia.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXab XaXc XdcdXXefgeXXfgfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111011111000100 1111011100 0101010101 0111001101 1101010100 1101100101 11010011101 1101010101 0101111101 0101011101 1111001101 1011100101 01111011011 1111011111 1100110001 1101000101 1111011111 01010001010 0100110101 1111011111 10111101010 1100010110 1101000001 1101100111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; thy is repeated.

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  • summary of Mrs. Payne,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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