This is an analysis of the poem An Answer that begins with:

Come, let us go into the lane, love mine,
And mark and gather what the Autumn grows:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111000111 1111010101 0101010001 0101110111 0101000101 0110110101 1101001001 1111110001 1101010111 0011000101 1111110001 1011010101 0100111111 10111100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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