This is an analysis of the poem To The Lady Elizabeth Harley, Since Marchioness Of Carmarthen, On A Column Of Her Drawing that begins with:
When future ages shall with wonder view
These glorious lines which Harley's daughter drew,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 11001110101 1101110111 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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