This is an analysis of the poem Lament Of Mary Queen Of Scots that begins with:
SMILE of the Moon!---for I so name
That silent greeting from above;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccX dedeffe agaghhg ifiXjjf hkhkllk ceceaae mlmleel mnXnddn hnhnddn eoeoggo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011111 11010001 01010111 00110101 11101101 11110101 110010 1101001001 11111101 100110101 01100101 10011111 11010111 010011 110101001 11010101 01010101 01011101 110001101 11101101 111011 010110101 11110101 00110100 010100101 01010101 11110111 111111 11111111 11000111 11111101 11010101 101100001 00110111 010001 11110101 00111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 010101 100101011 010100101 11111111 01110101 100101101 11011101 011101 01011101 01010101 111100100 101100001 11111101 11111101 110100 110100101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010101 01000111 110001 1011001 1010101 00110101 11010101 11010111 101010101 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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