This is an analysis of the poem The Glow-Worm To Her Love that begins with:

BENEATH cool ferns, in dewy grass,
Among the leaves that fringe the stream, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh iiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01011101 11010101 111111 11010111 110100101 11010111 010101 11111111 111111010 11111101 1101010 11110111 110010111 11111101 1100101 11100111 11111101 11111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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