This is an analysis of the poem Lowly Laureate that begins with:
O Sacred Muse, my lyre excuse! -
My verse is vagrant singing;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdad ceaeceee fgXgfgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 1101010 11011101 0101110 11010101 0111010 11010101 1101010 110101001 1100110 11010101 0101010 01111101 00010010 01110101 1101010 11011111 0101110 11110101 0111110 11010011 1101010 11011110 01000010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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