This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Gentleman In Love. A Tale that begins with:

From publick Noise and factious Strife,
From all the busie Ills of Life,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeXfbbggffbbb bXffhhggiiffjjjiiddgg jjggddbbffXX kkddkkggff ceeddllff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,21,12,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 0101101 11110011 11110101 11000101 11111111 11011111 11011101 01011101 10101010 10010101 11010011 01010101 11010011 11110111 010010101 11010101 01000101 01110101 00111111 11011101 11010101 11010110 10010101 01011101 10111011 11000111 111100101 11111111 0111101 11011101 0111111 11110101 01110011 11011111 10110111 11011111 10110011 11110101 11110101 11110101 11110111 11011011 01110011 11111101 11010101 11011100 01010111 111101111 11011001 00010111 10010111 11010101 10011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11000101 10010101 11010001 01010111 11000101 11011101 10 111101010 110101010 11011001 11010101 01000111 01010101 00110001 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, of, i are repeated.

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

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