This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:
I WALK'D along a stream, for pureness rare,
Brighter than sun-shine; for it did acquaint... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc dadadabb ececXXXX fdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010111001 1011110001 01010101001 100101101 1101010101 10101010011 1001110101 1111010101 01010111001 1000011011 110111001001 1011010101 0101010111 01001010101 1101001101 1011011111 1011010101 1001010100 11010101001 10110101100 1111010111 11011100101 1001010101 1001011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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