This is an analysis of the poem To Mrs. Unwin that begins with:

Mary! I want a lyre with other strings,
Such aid from heaven as some have feigned they drew.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010101 11010111111 11001100101 11000110101 1111111111 1101110101 0111001111 1110000101 1111011001 11010101001 1101011101 0100010111 1111110101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of is repeated.

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