This is an analysis of the poem To Harriet St. Leger that begins with:

I would I might be with thee, when the year
Begins to wane, and that thou walk'st alone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccbdebedff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111001101 0101111101 0101011111 0101100101 1101010101 1101101001 1101010101 1111110101 0111110111 110010111010 1010100101 10011011010 0101010111 10110001101 1101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 656
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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.

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