This is an analysis of the poem To Erika Lie that begins with:
When Norse nature's dower
Tones will paint with power,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccc cccddX eeeccc acccfff cccXbb ccXeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 101010 1011101110 111010 101110 10111110 101110 101110 1010101010 111110 101010 10001100 101010 111110 1011111010 111010 101110 11101110 1 11110 1011010 1010101010 101010 0101100 11101010 111110 111010 1101101010 111110 100010 10101010 111110 111110 1010110100 111110 101110 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 38
- 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.
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