This is an analysis of the poem Dove! Dove! Enchanted Dove that begins with:

Dove! Dove! Enchanted Dove
That sways around me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXca decdX eebeeXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11011 1110111 1111110 0010010 01011 010111101 11111111111 11110110 10100011 11111001 10101 1110010011 001001011 10001010101 01101101 110110 0110100 00101 1001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dove, i, dance, and, in, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words descend, with are repeated.

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