This is an analysis of the poem To The Right Honourable The Lady Elizabeth Boyle On Her Birth—day that begins with:

May each new Year some new Perfection give,
Till all the Mother in the Daughter live!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeffggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101000101 1101000101 1011010101 1101000111 1101011101 1111110101 0111011101 1101001001 01001010111 11010001001 1001010101 1011010101 11110000101 0101010001 1101001101 1111110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 780
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of To The Right Honourable The Lady Elizabeth Boyle On Her Birth—day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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