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

A vision beauteous as the morn,
With heavenly eyes and tresses streaming, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcb dXdeffXf gagahfhf iXiXejejXXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 0100111010 110100111 110101010 11011101 10101110100 111010101 110101110 101111111 110101010 11010001 10101110101 110100010 010011010 110111110 111111110 101010101 110111110 11010101 010111010 11010101 111101010 11000101 110101010 101010101 111111010 11110101 110101011 11011101 111111010 10010101 111101110 010001000 110111011 000101101 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Unattained;
  • central theme;
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