This is an analysis of the poem Dedication To Christina G. Rossetti that begins with:
Songs light as these may sound, though deep and strong
The heart spake through them, scarce should hope to please... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB babXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 0111011101 11010100111 1111 1111111111 11111100101 0101110101 1111110101 1111010101 100010100101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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