This is an analysis of the poem To Lallie (Outside The British Museum.) that begins with:

UP those Museum steps you came,
And straightway all my blood was flame,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbccbddbeefggfddhcchiiiddXaajddjkklmmleehmmh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11011111 11010 01110101 01110101 01010 11011101 0110111 100010 01011101 11111111 11010 11111110 11110111 11110 11011111 01010001 11110 00111101 11111111 01110 01010111 11010101 01010 11011111 11010101 11010 11111101 11110101 11100000 11111011 11110101 01110 11000101 11111101 01010 11011101 01010101 10010 11010111 11010101 11110 11110111 11010111 01110 11010101 01010101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1721
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you are repeated.

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