This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Lady, Who Was Fond Of Fortune-Telling that begins with:
You, Madam, may, with safety go
Decrees of destiny to know;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeccffggggaahhaaiiXhffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 01010001 11111101 11010001 111111010 0101000010 11010101 11000111 11110101 01010011 11100001 01111001 11011101 11011101 10010100 11010101 11010101 11110011 11011101 11110001 11011101 11111101 11011111 00101101 01011111 11011101 110010001 11111101 010111010 11010101 11110110 110111001 01110101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1139
- Average number of words per stanza: 211
- Amount of lines: 34
- 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.
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