This is an analysis of the poem Lady Constance that begins with:

My Love, my Lord,
I think the toil of glorious day is done.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abacbc XXdXeXd ffXggXddd eehhXhhh Xed XX bbX hXiiajja AafkfkhlhlififmihfhfffffhfhhffhmnnggXfjfbbggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,9,8,3,2,3,8,45,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111 11010100101 11110111001 10110101 01001001 11110001 101011 001010 001001101011 101100 01101 01011 10111 1011111 0111101 10101011010111 001101 1010101 1011110101111 101101 1011101 001010100111 11 101 110111 011011 1111001110 10111 110101 010101101 010100 010101 101011101011 11100 11010 10 0101 10111 1101011011 1011010110 1001001101 10100110101 1111010111 0101010 1110110 1100111101 1111 10110111001 0111010101 1101010111 1101010111 11010010101 1001010111 1111110101 1110110111 1111011011 1111110101 1101111111 1101010111 11001011101 1111011100 0111010101 1101010101 1101110101 1011000111 1111111101 1111110101 0101111111 1100110111 1111110001 11010101110 1101111111 10110101111 11001110101 1101010001 11110110001 1110111101 0111111100 1101110111 11110011001 0101011111 0011011101 1001101110 1100011111 11110101010 11010110101 1101011101 0111010111 1011111101 11110101110 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, to, in, thou, i, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, none are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lady Constance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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