This is an analysis of the poem The Glove Of The Live Lady. that begins with:

Her glove! It was rare Ben who sung it,
That best of gloves of the lady dead!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddeaeaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 010111110 110100101 010111110 01010101 101010111 100101111 010100010 111111010 110101010 101101110 110101010 1111010010 111101110 010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 525
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; it, her are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines for is repeated).

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  • summary of The Glove Of The Live Lady.;
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  • history of its creation;
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