This is an analysis of the poem Proem Ii that begins with:
Ah! why so brief the visit, short his stay?
The acquaintance so surprising, and so sweet,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbaXcdcdcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010101 00101010111 1001110100101 0111011101 11010101001 1101010111 1111010010 10111011100 1111110101 1101000100 1011010101 0111011100 1101110101 110101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so is repeated.
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