This is an analysis of the poem Song And Music that begins with:

O leave your hand where it lies cool
Upon the eyes whose lids are hot: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbbc dedeecce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 01011111 01010100 01011001 11110111 11111110 11011111 010101 01010111 01110111 01110111 11010100 11010101 01110101 11010011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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