This is an analysis of the poem Wedding-Ring that begins with:

My wedding-ring lies in a basket
as if at the bottom of a well. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeefbaXXgfddXageac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010 101010001 100101011 11011001 1111 011001010 1100010110 0011 1011001101 10100 11101001 1101011 11101 101010001 111101 1111000 100011010 000100101111 110100101100 100110110 000101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 979
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; it is repeated.

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