To A Person Who Wrote Ill, And Spake Worse, Against Me by Matthew Prior: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To A Person Who Wrote Ill, And Spake Worse, Against Me that begins with:

Lie Philo untouch'd, on my peaceable shelf,
Nor take it amiss that so little I heed thee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001111001 110011110111 111001111011 111110111111 101001011011 001001001001 001001011101 001001011101 011011011011 10110101010 11011001111 11001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, thee, what, there, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, there are repeated.

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