This is an analysis of the poem To Delia: On Her Endeavouring To Conceal Her Grief At Parting that begins with:
Ah! wherefore should my weeping maid suppress
Those gentle signs of undissembled woe?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gXgX hbhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001110101 1101010001 1011010101 1101010101 1111110101 1111001101 1111010101 11010101001 1111001101 0101110101 1011110111 1111111001 1011110011 1111110101 1101010101 1101100000 1101111101 0101011101 1101011101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, nor, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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More information about poems by William Cowper
- Analysis of Prayer For Patience
- Analysis of The House Of Prayer
- Analysis of Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq.
