This is an analysis of the poem A Letter Written From London To Mrs. Strangeways Hornet that begins with:

Say, my Hortensia, in this silent Hour,
When the pale Queen of Night exerts her Pow'r,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbcc ddeeXXaacc ccffggXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11100001010 1011010101 11001011101 0101001101 0111000101 1101110111 1101011101 1101111101 1011111101 1111011001 11001000101 1101010101 1011111101 1011011101 1111010101 1001011101 0101011111 1111110101 1101111001 0101010101 1011110101 1100110101 0101010101 0011001101 1111111101 0111100101 11110011001 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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