This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written Beneath A Picture that begins with:

Dear object of defeated care!
Though now of Love and thee bereft,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000101 11011101 01011001 110110111 11010111 10111101 11010011 11000101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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