This is an analysis of the poem Consolatorium, Ad Parentes that begins with:

Lett her parents then confesse
That they beleeve her happinesse,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXbXbXcccXaaaddXXeeaaffcXffdddfXffbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 11100100 11110111 100110101 10011010 11110110 11111101 00100111 10010111 01010111 001100101 11111101 1110100 01010110 11111100 01011101 01011101 11110111 11010101 11010111 1111100 11011101 11111101 01010001 1010101 11011111 10010101 1011101 0111101 10110111 11000101 10111001 01010001 010101111 01010111 10110110 111111110 111001010 1110001 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 261
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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  • summary of Consolatorium, Ad Parentes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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