This is an analysis of the poem Hope that begins with:
Hope was but a timid friend;
She sat without the grated den,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef eaeaXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11010101 1011111 10110101 1110001 1011101 1110101 1110101 10111110 1011101 11111110 0110111 11111010 11111001 10101010 1110101 11101110 1011101 10111010 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she are repeated.
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