This is an analysis of the poem Ellen that begins with:

Sweet star, of seraph brightness,
That for a transient day... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefegeg hihiXfhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 110101 11011110 110101 1001010 11100101 0101110 010101 1101110 1101011 1101110 111101 0111110 111111 1111110 110101 1101010 111101 1110010 011101 1101010 100101 1111110 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ellen;
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