This is an analysis of the poem Verses, To William Lyttleton, Esq. that begins with:
How blithely pass'd the summer's day!
How bright was every flower!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fafa aaaa gege hbhd hihi gjgj eded Xhgh ekek ejej ldld eeee lflf hmhm gkXk ehehXdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 11110010 11010101 0101010 11010111 011101 110100101 010111 01011101 010111 11011101 010101 11010111 1100101 11011101 0100101 11110101 010101 11011101 0111001 11110101 1100101 11110101 110101 11101101 1101010 11010101 110111 11010101 0100101 11110101 110101 11010101 011101 110101001 110111 11010101 011101 11010101 0111001 01110110 010101 11111111 010101 11010101 111101 11110101 011101 10010101 010101 11110101 1101001 11010101 110101 110100101 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 0101001 11011101 010101 01010111 011101 11110111 111101 11011101 011101 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 11010101 110101 101010101 0111001 11110111 1101010 101110101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the, ye, to are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Verses, To William Lyttleton, Esq.;
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