This is an analysis of the poem Verses Occasioned By The Right Honourable The Lady Viscountess Tyrconnel's Recovery At Bath that begins with:

Where Thames with pride beholds Augusta's charms,
And either India pours into her arms;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee aaffeebbaa ccaaffeegggg ggbbaabbhhffiiggbb aaeeddaaffaajjdd kkddff hhggXXffaallaa aaaaXXmmffeehh Xddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,12,18,16,6,14,14,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101100101 11010010001 1100110101 1101010101 11001010101 100110001 0111010101 1111011101 1001110001 11010110101 10011011001 1111000101 1101011101 1111010111 00111011101 1101011111 0111010111 0101000101 1011110101 1101010101 01010101001 10111111001 1111010101 0101010101 1111011101 0111010101 1101010101 1111100101 1101010101 11010111001 0111010101 1001110011 01010101001 1111010101 01010111010 10111101010 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 1101010101 01010100011 01010001001 11001010101 1011110001 1001010101 01110000101 1111110101 11001010111 1111110101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010111 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101110101 1111010101 1011010101 0111011101 11011000101 1111010001 1101011101 11010101001 1101111001 11101111111 10110111001 100011101 10110010011 1111110101 11011000101 1000110101 1101011111 1111110101 10010111001 1111110101 111101101001 01011111001 1101110101 01010110001 01010011101 1001011111 1011110001 1001100101 1011001001 0101000101 1101110001 1000110101 110010100101 1100011101 1101111101 1001110101 11111010111 11010001101 1101110101 111001101 1011110101 1011110101 1100111101 110101100101 1111110111 0111111110 1111011101 1001010101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; her, thee, she, health, mirth, and, all are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase air connects the lines.

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