To Mr. And Mrs. W. Batty, Of Paris by Thomas Cowherd: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. And Mrs. W. Batty, Of Paris that begins with:

Brother and sister dear, my stay I prolong here,
While an effusion can flow from my pen.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc dbXb bdbd bebe bfbf ghgh ieie jXjeXacic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101111011 1110011011 101101111101 11111001001 111110110110 10101101001 010101101011 11001011111 111101111001 11000111011 111110101010 01001111111 011011010 11011101 11101010 11110101 111100010 1110111 11111010 0011100 111111010 01100101 110101010 01001111 11111011 10101010 10000101 110110010 01001101 110101010 110110101 110101010 11011101 011101110 01010101 101110110 101101111111 1101011011 11111111111 1101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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