This is an analysis of the poem Jealousy that begins with:
VAIN Love, why do'st thou boast of Wings,
That cannot help thee to retire! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb cdcd ee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 11011001 11110101 110101110 11011101 11010011 10011100 11110101 11000101 11110111 11110101 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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