This is an analysis of the poem Charles Carville's Eyes that begins with:

A melanholy face Charles Carville had,
But not so melancholy as it seemed, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa babcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01000110111 1111010101 1111110101 0001010101 0011111011 1111000101 0111011101 0101010111 1101010111 1101101111 1100110101 010111010 1111111100 11011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; his, of are repeated.

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

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