This is an analysis of the poem To Miss Cornish that begins with:

THEY tell me, lady, that to-day
On that unknown Australian strand -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dbdbebeb aaaafafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010001 1000100101 11010111 11110101 11011111 01010100 11010001 110011101 11111111 1111101001 0101101011 11101101 11000111 01010101 10110111 01110111 10010010 011100101 111101011 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; by, and are repeated.

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