This is an analysis of the poem On Mrs. Montague's Feather Hangings that begins with:

The Birds put off their every hue,
To dress a room for Montagu.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddaaeeffgghhXcabiiiiXXddjjddkkiilliiddkkiikkddffaamm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111001 01011101 011101001 01110101 01011101 01010101 01011101 11010101 110101001 11011101 11011101 100110111 01000101 10010111 010101010 111101010 11011100 110100111 01010101 10010101 00110001 01010101 11001101 11010101 11110101 11010101 010101001 11010101 11100101 11010001 11010101 110010101 01110001 01110101 11010101 01110101 11010001 01011101 11010101 110100110 11011101 010010001 11010101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 10011101 11010101 11010101 01110001 01110111 110001001 11010110 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1975
  • Average number of words per stanza: 339
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; his, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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