This is an analysis of the poem Romance that begins with:

Romance, who loves to nod and sing,
With drowsy head and folded wing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcdcdd eddedeefefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01011101 01011111 110111001 01010100 10010101 11110101 011101001 10011101 01001101 01010100 110101011 01011101 11111101 11010101 111100101 01011101 11010111 01011001 11110001 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to is repeated.

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