This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue To 'she Stoops To Conquer' that begins with:

WELL, having stoop'd to conquer with success,
And gain'd a husband without aid from dress,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeecXccddddaaffXXXXeXggXXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101001101 1101111101 1111010101 11111111010 11011111010 1101010101 1111011100 0111010101 1011010101 101101010010 11110111000 01010101001 11001100101 11010111010 11100111010 1011011111 0111010101 11011110101 11011010101 1111010001 10101010101 0111010001 11010101010 0101110110 11010101110 1011010101 1101010010 1011010101 11010101001 111111110110 11110010100 0111110111 0111110101 1111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1576
  • Average number of words per stanza: 280
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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