This is an analysis of the poem Song #10. that begins with:

The dew fell on her upturned brow
That is as white's the lily;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXabXXcdcbbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101001 1011010 01100101 00101000 01001001 011101 11110101 110111 11110111 1101010 11110111 1001010 10011101 011101 11011111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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