This is an analysis of the poem A Poet Of One Mood that begins with:

A poet of one mood in all my lays,
Ranging all life to sing one only love, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcacaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100110111 1011011101 1011010111 1011011111 0101110111 1111111101 1111010001 1111010101 1101110011 11010010011 1111010111 1110010010 0111010111 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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