This is an analysis of the poem To Laura that begins with:
Cease, Laura, cease, suspect no more
This careless heart has learnt to love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc ffff dXdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 01011101 01110101 11110101 01010111 010111001 010100111 1110000111 110111001 01010101 110010101 110101001 11011101 01010101 11110101 11010111 11110101 11011101 11111101 11011101 11111101 11110110 11011001 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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