This is an analysis of the poem An Hour Of Romance that begins with:

There were thick leaves above me and around,
And low sweet sighs like those of childhood's sleep,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd aeaefggfffcehchaaieXifXjjkkllggiikkee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1111110101 0111010101 10110110111 10111100111 1111010101 1101111001 1001110101 0111110111 1101010111 1101010111 0101001101 0101011101 11100101010 01010101010 1111011101 1101010101 11010101001 1011010101 1101110 111 1101110101 1001110111 1111110111 01001010101 1011011101 1001010101 0111000100 10001010111 0101111111 101001110100 1111110111 1101010111 1011011101 0101011101 111101011001 1111000101 1101111101 1011000101 0111010111 1110010101 0101011111 1011110101 1111100101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 996
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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

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