This is an analysis of the poem A Modern Courtship that begins with:

Why turn from me thus with such petulant pride,
When I ask thee, sweet Edith, to be my bride;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ddggbb bbddhh aaaaee aaiiee ffjjkkXggiiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011011001 11111100011 11100101111 10100111101 01011001101 111111001001 11111101001 11111111101 111011111011 111011011111 111011101011 11111111111 111111111010 110011100010 11101001101 111001001001 01001001011 001101101101 101111001111 111111011101 11111011101 11010011101 11111101111 11011101101 1111101011010 111111011001 11101111111 11001011011 101111111011 00101111101 101111011101 11111001011 01011001011 01101001011 110010001001 01001101011 001101001011 001011101111 11001001011 101010011001 101011011001 101101001011 111110111001 01111001101 101001111011 11111101111 11111101011 101111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; and, in, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, my are repeated.

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  • summary of A Modern Courtship;
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