This is an analysis of the poem Within Thine Eyes that begins with:

Within thine eyes two spirits dwell,
The sweetest and the purest... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdbbd aeaeXXfggf fbfbhhciic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 0101010 11011101 1101010 1101 1101 1111010 10101 0101 1111010 01110111 0101010 11011101 1111010 1111 0101 1101010 1111 0111 0100010 01011101 1111110 11011111 1111010 1101 1101 1101110 0101 0111 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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