This is an analysis of the poem Occasion'D By Seeing Some Verses Written By Mrs. Constantia Grierson, Upon The Death Of Her Son. that begins with:

This mourning Mother can with Ease explore
The Arts of Latium, and the Grecian Store:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccdeffgg ffhhdd ffiibbjjhhaadeXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101010101 1101111101 1101010010 1101010101 11110001001 1111010111 1011100100 11010100101 1001011001 1111010101 11011000101 1011010101 0101000101 11010010001 1001010101 1111010101 0101110101 1101010101 1111100101 1011010101 1101010101 1101000101 100100110001 0111010101 01010010001 0101001001 1101110001 1001110101 0100010001 0101010101 11001000100 1101111101 0101010110 1111000101 11010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; her, with, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Occasion'D By Seeing Some Verses Written By Mrs. Constantia Grierson, Upon The Death Of Her Son.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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