This is an analysis of the poem To Abul Alaa that begins with:

In thy melancholy's pensive Fancy
Wisdom rolled its beauteous stars and moons, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcXdXdaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110001010 101010111 110110010 111010011 10100110010 111010111 0110001010 111010111 1010100100 100010111 1110011100 101010101 01100101010 111100111 01100101010 111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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