This is an analysis of the poem Claribel: A Melody that begins with:

Where Claribel low-lieth
The breezes pause and die,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXabbX XcXcXcXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 010111 100111 10101110 110010 0110100 0110100 110111 1101010 010101 1101110 0101011 1110110 110101 0101010 0111010 010110 0101100 01001010 010110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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