This is an analysis of the poem To Mary that begins with:

WHERE Beauty is smiling
With Love undenied,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXabcB XdddabcB XdXdXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 01100 110010 01011 110010 11111 1110010 01011 110010 11111 1011011 01011 111010 11010 1110010 01011 110010 11011 110010 01011 110110 01011 111110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To Mary;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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