This is an analysis of the poem The Faerie Qveene that begins with:

Me thought I saw the grave where she lay
Within that Temple, where the vestal flame ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdXdXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111101111 0111010101 1101110111 0111010101 111111011 110011011 1101010101 1011110011 1101010011 10111101 1101010101 11010101001 111010111 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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