This is an analysis of the poem Being Treated. To Ellinda that begins with:

For cherries plenty, and for corans
Enough for fifty, were there more on's;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeXfXggeecc aaccXfdX hhccgdccddccXhici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 011100111 1100110010 110111010 11010101 11010101 010100110 0001000010 100111110 010111010 11011101 01111100 101011010 1010101100 1011101010 1101101110 101101011 110101011 110101010 111010110 111001110 010100110 111111110 011101010 100101100 011101010 010110010 10111100 1111101010 111101010 111111110 110101010 110111111 010101011 110101010 110111110 111111011 110101010 110101110 100111010 110011111 001101111 110111111 11010 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 556
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines in, well are repeated).

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