To A Lady Who Was Libell'D. by Mary Barber: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To A Lady Who Was Libell'D. that begins with:

When Cynthia, Regent of the Tides,
Pale in meridian Pride presides;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXXccdd aaaaeeXXbbffXddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010001 100100101 01010101 101110101 01000101 01111101 01010110 01011111 11011111 01001101 10010001 11100101 11010101 11010101 101010101 100111001 10111001 01110011 01010110 01010101 11010001 11010001 01000101 11010001 111101010 110111010 11011101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of To A Lady Who Was Libell'D.;
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