This is an analysis of the poem Verses Inscribed Under A Noble Earl's Picture that begins with:
WHOSE 1 is that noble, dauntless brow?
And whose that eye of fire?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd abXd ceXe ecXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110101 1111010 111100101 1010101 10010111 1111010 11011101 010101 11010101 010111 010010101 010111 0100100101 111101 11010101 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whose, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word admire at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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