This is an analysis of the poem To My Lord Buckhurst, Very Young, Playing With A Cat that begins with:

The amorous youth, whose tender breast
Was by his darling Cat possest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccddeeffaaddeegghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011101 11010110 010100010 1000100010 100100101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01011000101 11000101 11011101 01011101 01010101 01001101 01000101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 760
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To My Lord Buckhurst, Very Young, Playing With A Cat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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