This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue For Mr. Lee Lewes that begins with:
HOLD! Prompter, hold! a word before your nonsense;
I'd speak a word or two, to ease my conscience.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXddaabbeeeeffggeeXeXhhaabbaabbfXffbbeeiijjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101110 11011101110 1101010101 1101010011 1111000111 1101110101 10101 1111110101 1010110111 01111100101 0111010111 1111010111 0101010101 1111111101010 11010001110 1001011101 10010100100 11110010001 11001011011 1101110001 1101111101 1111001101 0101110011 1101010101 1101011111 11101 111011111010 01110011010 11111101010 11011111010 1101000101 11001010001 1110111101 1101110111 1100010111 1101111101 1100111111 1101110101 1111010001 1111011101 1110110001 1101010101 1101110101 11111101001 1101011101 0101010001 10110100111 1111110111 10011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2193
- Average number of words per stanza: 395
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, thy, of, i, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, whose, and, he are repeated.
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