This is an analysis of the poem Sister Without Peer that begins with:

My one, the sister without peer,
The handsomest of all!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bcdX efgc efgd dXcbXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 010001 111010101 10100101 101101 1001001 101001 1110111 011101 1110010 10101 101101 101101 0101010 01011101 10111010 110111 0101010 11111010 1010101 1111111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her are repeated.

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