This is an analysis of the poem To Louise that begins with:

OH, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,
And may rave in their rhymes about wonderful queens;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXbaaccddeeaaffbbccccgghhhhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1010110110100 111011011001 11111001001 11001011001 01101101011 11011011001 11000111011 11011011101 11001001011 11011111001 111111010110 010010011010 111011011011 111101011001 11011001011 101101011101 11111001011 11101111001 11110111101 10001011101 111011011001 111101001001 101011001011 001001001011 11111111101 11011101101 01011001111 11001000011 111111111001 111101111011 111101011011 11101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 306
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of To Louise;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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