This is an analysis of the poem Verses To Clarinda that begins with:
Fair Empress of the poet's soul,
And Queen of poetesses; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXXX aXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 110100 01010101 0101010 110101001 1100111 110001001 1101010 1011110101 1101111 11111111 0110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; of, generous, love, to, those are repeated.
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