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

Clarissa, when you passed me by
With scornful lip and haughty eye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 01011101 111001 11010101 11001101 110111 01011001 11110101 111001 11111111 11011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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