This is an analysis of the poem To Miss T. that begins with:

Sweet are the thoughts that stir the virgin's breast
When love first enters there, a timid guest;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddee ffdd ggaabbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111010101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010001 01010010101 10110101001 1111100101 1101110101 1111000101 0101000101 1101010101 10011010101 0101110001 0111010101 111101110101 1101110101 1101010101 1010010111 110100100001 1101000101 1101010111 1011001101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To Miss T.;
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