This is an analysis of the poem Oh! Who You Have Joint Eyebrows. that begins with:

Oh! What wonder! The joint eyebrows look shiny upon thy brow.
If you have intended to slay me once, you had killed me twice. Lo! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111100111 0110100111111111 1110111111101100100 0001001111111110 11101011010111001 101110011101011011 11101011111111010 1101000111011010 1111111001111010 1110010101010110110 111111011001010 11010111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 780
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, me, to, my are repeated.

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