This is an analysis of the poem Frances that begins with:

SHE will not sleep, for fear of dreams,
But, rising, quits her restless bed, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fgfg hihi jkjk fbfb bbbb gbgb bjXj hghg gcgX ijij lmlm jXjg ebeb nenX jbjb gbgb imom pnpn hghg bhbf bqbq jhjh iXib aiai elel fafa jbjb inin gaga bibi phph mjmj irir rmrm gege fifi jeje rjXj rdrd riri jiji rjrj XdXd Xkjk rere smsm fefe tete
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111101 11010101 11111001 01110111 010000101 011111001 010010101 00100001 10011100 11111101 11010101 10011101 011001010 10011111 111111010 1101001001 11010101 01100101 01010111 11111101 11111101 110011101 11010111 01110111 11100010 111111001 010101010 10011101 11111011 10010111 10110111 01110101 01011001 11110101 11010101 11010011 111101101 11101101 11011101 11110001 11011111 101110101 01010101 010010100 11110101 01010101 01010101 010111011 11001101 01110111 1000111001 01010110 1100011001 11100101 100100011 100101101 111001101 11011110 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 00110011 11111101 100000101 11111111 10010111 01110101 01010111 110100001 01010111 110010011 11110101 11111001 101100101 11011111 11010100 01010100 10010111 110100101 10010101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01111101 11111101 11010101 01110101 10011101 11010101 010111010 01111111 11110011 101010101 11010101 011101110 11010011 010101010 011000101 010101001 01011101 111100111 10100001 11011111 01010101 10100001 11010111 0101101 11110111 11110111 10010101 1001001010 10111111 1101001010 10110101 11111111 10110101 01111101 11010101 111100111 01010101 01110101 11010101 01110001 11010101 11110101 11001101 10110101 11011111 110011101 01000101 10110001 01011111 10110001 01010101 11111100 010111010 10110101 101111010 11110101 110101110 111101001 110101010 011001010 01111101 1100111010 111101001 110111010 11010101 010101010 01011111 111111110 11011111 010101110 110011100 111101010 11010101 110111010 110010101 111101010 11011101 111101100 11110111 1100101010 11011101 110111010 110110101 110111010 01010101 011101010 11011101 110101010 10110101 101101010 11110101 110101110 11011111 111110110 01110101 111111010 110111101 1100101010 111101101 010101100 10110101 101111010 10110111 110111010 011100101 110101010 10100101 010100110 11111011 110110110 10110101 010101010 10110011 1111010110 11011101 1100001010 01110101 111101010 11010101 111111010 01010101 110101010 11110011 111101110 11110101 110110110 11000111 111101010 11011101 011111010 11110111 111101111 11010100 0101001011 11011101 110101010 111100110 011101110 10011101 011111010 11110111 010111010 111100011 11001010010 101101111 110111010 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 58
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, i, my, and, which, it, to, nor, he, new, him, may, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words which, my, and, think, it, nor, new are repeated.

    The author used the same words will, when, the, new at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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