This is an analysis of the poem Female Fashions For 1799 that begins with:

A form, as any taper, fine ;
A head like half-pint bason ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc baba dddX bebe bXbc bXbe bfbfXbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 0111110 11011101 1111010 01010111 1101010 111100101 1101010 10110111 1101011 11010101 1101011 11010101 1101010 01001101 1001010 01010101 0101010 01011001 1100010 01010101 1100100 01010101 0101010 11110101 1111010 10010101 0101010 11110111 1101010 01010101 1110110 10011101 1111010 01011001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; as, of are repeated.

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

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

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