This is an analysis of the poem White Dove Of The Wild Dark Eyes that begins with:

White Dove of the wild dark eyes
Faint silver flutes are calling...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cbcbcbXababab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1101110 00110111 110110 100101 0011110 1100101 1101110 00110111 11110 0101001 01110 1100101 1101010 0010101 11110 111101 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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