This is an analysis of the poem From In Lovely Blue that begins with:

Like the stamen inside a flower
The steeple stands in lovely blue ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab bXa aXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 01010101 1010101010 01010110010 111110111 110110101 11110101 1110100101 011100101 1100110101 100100100 01001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; wind is repeated.

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