This is an analysis of the poem Told In Confidence that begins with:

Vow you'll never, never tell him!
Freezing stars now glittering farthest, fairest on the winter sky;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbb acbddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 1011100101010101 0111 1110101 1111 0111110111 11101011 111010111000101 0111 1110001 1001 1110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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