This is an analysis of the poem To Elsie Fogerty that begins with:

On living lips to mould and modulate
The shapes of sound, that each may mirror true... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefedf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101011100 0101111101 01000011101 00001111100 1111110001 1111011101 01000100111 0011110101 1111110101 0101011001 1101010111 1001110101 0111011100 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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