This is an analysis of the poem Cease Smilng, Dear! A Little While Be Sad that begins with:

Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad,
Here in the silence, under the wan moon;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cded fcfc ghgh hche ifif dcde jkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001010011 1111111101 101111 1111010101 0011001101 1001110100 010111 1101000101 1111110111 1111011100 110001 11110111010 11001110111 01000101010 010111 11100001011 1111011111 1011010101 110100 1101110111 1111001111 1111011010 110111 1011101111 1101111111 1101011111 011100 1011010101 0101011111 1101111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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