This is an analysis of the poem Where Do You Sleep, Eldorado? that begins with:

My life, in your highness
don't forget never our love;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab ac cd dX bd Xd XX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 1011011 0111 10111 0110101 01010 11011001 11111010 1011001 00101010 1010011 10111 101011 10001 100001010 1011101 010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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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