This is an analysis of the poem To Psyche that begins with:

The longer I stare the lovelier
you look in my eyes (so made such...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdXbbeXceade
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010110100 11011111 10111011 1110101010 01110001 01000111 110101011 10101110 10110110 110111 1101110011 110101101 11111101 01111011 11011101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, your, you are repeated.

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  • summary of To Psyche;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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