This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Lady. On Her Recovery From A Fever that begins with:
Why need I say, Louisa dear!
How glad I am to see you here,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabab ccdcd ccXcX eeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11110111 0101010 100010111 11001010 010100101 01011101 1101010 01010111 0111100 01110111 11011101 1111100 11111101 1111010 01111111 11110111 00111010 01110111 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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