This is an analysis of the poem St. Valentine's Day that begins with:

TO-DAY, all day, I rode upon the down,
With hounds and horsemen, a brave company ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaaXbaababcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111110101 0111001100 1010010101 1101010101 0111110011 1111010101 1111011111 1011100101 110011111010 1011101111 01111111110 1101110111 1111011011 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and are repeated.

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