This is an analysis of the poem I Showed Her Heights She Never Saw that begins with:

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I showed her Heights she never saw—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111010 101011 11000100 1010011001 1101000010 010101100 11000111010 1111010 1111110001 01100101 010101100 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, her are repeated.

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