This is an analysis of the poem To Emma that begins with:
Far away, where darkness reigneth,
All my dreams of bliss are flown;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabb cdcdXX bebeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 1110111 10111100 1111101 1011111 1110111 00101010 1011111 111010010 1111011 10101110 01111010 10111110 1011101 11101110 1011101 11101001 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, in, can are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
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