This is an analysis of the poem Terre Promise that begins with:
Even now the fragrant darkness of her hair
Had brushed my cheek; and once, in passing by,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa baaX cddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10101010001 1111110101 0101111100 1101010001 1111110101 0111010111 1111110101 1101110100 1100111101 11010101001 1111011111 1100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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