This is an analysis of the poem My Lady that begins with:

My Lady of all ladies! Queen by right
Of tender beauty; full of gentle moods;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa aXba cdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100110111 0101010101 0111011000 1101000101 1111011111 1011010111 0101110001 1001100101 1001011111 0101110111 010001011010 0111111101 0001011101 11111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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