This is an analysis of the poem The Broken Tryst that begins with:

That day a fire was in my blood;
I could have sung: joy wrapt me round; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbXb cbcb bdbd efef egeg bbbb aXaX hihi gcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101011 11111111 01111110 11011101 11011111 01111100 011111110 01011100 01011111 11110111 1010101001 11010011 11110111 11111111 110111101 111110001 01111101 010110111 010010001 10111100 11111111 11111111 11010101 11111101 11010111 11010001 11011101 01110111 11011111 11110101 11010101 110100010 110101010 11000101 111111110 01111101 01110111 11111101 11011101 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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