This is an analysis of the poem To An Unfortunate Woman At The Theatre that begins with:

Maiden, that with sullen brow
Sitt'st behind those virgins gay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fgfg haha ihih idid jfjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 10111001 1010101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1011101 1111101 1111001 1010101 1110111 1110101 0010100 11101110 1111101 00101010 1011101 10101010 11111010 010101010 001000110 1011101 1110101 1110101 10111001 1010101 11101001 10001101 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words soft, but, thou are repeated.

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