This is an analysis of the poem Lines To ---. that begins with:
When 'twas my hap to meet you, for awhile
Our paths together lay—and each one brought... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacacabXbXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011101 1101011111 1011110101 1111010101 01010011111 0101111111 01010001101 11010100111 1110110011 1111111111 0101011101 1111011110 1101001101 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, let are repeated.
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