This is an analysis of the poem Written For A Gentlewoman In Distress, To Her Grace Adelida, Dutchess Of Shrewsbury. that begins with:
Might I inquire the Reasons of my Fate,
Or with my Maker dare expostulate;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaaccddbbddeebb aabXddffaaXf gghhggaaiiaaXXjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,12,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010011 1011011000 0101010101 1101010011 1111111001 0111000101 0101010101 0111011111 1111011101 11111100101 1101010101 11001011011 1111010101 1111010101 1111110101 010101100001 1101011101 1110010001 0111011101 0101000101 1111011111 01111111010 1011110111 1101110011 0101010101 1101011111 1101010111 0101000101 11010101100 1101110001 0101101101 1110010001 0101010101 1101010101 1011011111 1011011101 0111011101 1111010101 0101110011 0101010011 01110010111 0101111111 1101010111 11011111010 01110110101 1110011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, not, i, why, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words did, why are repeated.
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