This is an analysis of the poem The Modest Couple that begins with:
When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping eye,
I always droop my own - I am the shyest of the shy.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddAA eeff Xggcc ccahh aXff iijX ggaa ffkk aagg dXXX cchh ffcc lljJ hhXXXAAjJ
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110111010101 1111111101001 01010100110111 11000100110001 01011101010101 11110101101001 11011101110101 101111101010111 11011101010101 10010100100101 11110101010101 01011101010101 1001011010110101 11011111110101 11011101110101 11001111010001 11111101110 101 11001011010001 01000101110001 01111100010101 11011101000101 11110101110111 111111111111 11 11010100110101 11000100010111 1010110110001010 110101001010001 11100101011101 11010111110101 01111001010001 01000101110001 110111110111010 11110101010101 01010100110001 11000101111101 110111111111001 11010111010001 1010011010101001 01000111010111 101010101010101 11010101011101 01010111010101 11011101010101 111000101110101 11110101101101 010101110101010 01111101110101 111101010100010 11010100110101 101010100010001 11010111010101 1010100101010101 11000111100001 11000101110011 11010101010011 101010101011001 11010100010001 01010100010011 11111001110000 11010100110101 01010101010101 11110101110011 1010011101101010 1100110000101010 11110101010101 01011101010101 11111001110000 11010100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, as, to, they, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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