This is an analysis of the poem Lyric Written In 1830 that begins with:

What means my name to you?...T'will die
As does the melancholy murmur...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc efef XcaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110101010 010110010 01010101 11010101 100111010 111101010 01111101 101100101 0111110010 01001111 010011010 101100100 110101110 11110101 01011111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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