This is an analysis of the poem Lillian that begins with:

I. PROEM.
This was a sweet white wildwood violet... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabab XaXa cdcd efefcggXg hhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,9,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 0101111100 1101010111 11011101001 1011110111 01001010100 1101010101 11011101001 1011110101 01010001011 110001100001 11110111001 0101001111 1100110101 1101000101 11010100101 01010100101 1101 1010100 1001101 101110100 101 10100110 10101110 10101110 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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