This is an analysis of the poem Fantasie -- To Laura that begins with:

Name, my Laura, name the whirl-compelling
Bodies to unite in one blest whole--...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dded fgdg hiei cfgf ejej jkgk jklk jmem jfXf jngn egag cjdj bafa jmhl efjfXagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 100110111 1110101010 111010101 1010101010 101010101 1110101110 101010101 10010111110 101011101 10100010010 101110101 1111101010 001000101 1111101010 101010101 01110001011 001110101 10110111110 101010101 1010001010 011011101 01100111110 011011111 1011111010 111010101 1110101010 101011111 100101010010 1001010101 1010101010 101001101 1001001010 101001001 1001101010 101010101 1011100010 1001010101 11010101010 101010111 1001101010 101000101 1010001010 1011101001 1110100110 1001110101 1111111010 1110111001 1010110001 111110101 1010101010 101010101 1010101010 100110101 1010101010 1010101001 1010101010 001010101 1100111011 111010100 1100001010 101010011 1010101010 101000111 1010111010 101111101 1111101010 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; name, would, my, to, laura are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words drinks, were are repeated.

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