This is an analysis of the poem On Huntingdon's "Miranda" that begins with:

The storm hath blown thee a lover, sweet,
And laid him kneeling at thy feet.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbc ddddeec ffaaggc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 11110111 11011101 01111101 011011101 111001001 0111010 10011001 1011001 11011101 01010101 11111011 111101001 0110010 10101101 11011101 11111001 11110011 10111100 01110101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, in, with are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word miranda at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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