This is an analysis of the poem To Her Royal Highness, The Princess Of *** that begins with:

Abeauteous princess often may
Languish in pleasure's season gay;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc bbdd bbbb bbee aaee ffbb ccbb ggaa ddbb ccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 100100101 01010101 111100001 01010101 010100101 01010101 10111101 11111101 11011001 11110101 11010001 01110101 10011101 10110101 110100111 11011001 00010101 11011001 110010111 01010101 11110101 100011101 01000101 11010001 01010101 01100101 11111101 11010001 10110101 11110111 11011111 10110111 11111101 11001101 11010101 0101011001 11010101 11011111 01010001 11011001 10010101 010101010 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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 is repeated.

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