This is an analysis of the poem To Lady Beaumont that begins with:

LADY! the songs of Spring were in the grove
While I was shaping beds for winter flowers;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcdbcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010010001 11110111010 11110110010 1101010111 11001111101 01011101010 11010111010 01011011111 1101011101 0101110101 1011011101 1101001011001 0101010101 11010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words while, and are repeated.

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