This is an analysis of the poem Caroline Branson that begins with:

With our hearts like drifting suns, had we but walked,
As often before, the April fields till star-light...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddecXfXebgXhgcaXXdicabjXafXjbbXbfiifcifih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111011111 110010101111 100100101010 10011101001 10111111010 11010110100010 000101001001 101101101010 01010001 0111111 111111101 0101001 0110110101 10101101001 1100101101100 11110110110 1011101111 100111101 110011101 01011001 111101001000 0101101011010 00101011011101 1111110111 1101100111 10101011010010 11010101 010011 1111 10001101 00101 11100101 1111011110 01111 11111010 00110101 1010010101 11101101 1110111 1100111010 1010001 0010101001 11000101 1101010 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1730
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.

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