This is an analysis of the poem To Laura At The Harpsichord that begins with:
When o'er the chords thy fingers stray,
My spirit leaves its mortal clay,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccX ddeebbaa fbfbgghh eebbggeaeaiijj aakk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,14,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011101 11010101 011111 110110111 11010101 0111011 11010101 01001101 010111001 01010111 10110101 01010101 11111101 11100101 01011101 110101001 110111001 01110001 01111101 110011101 1110101 0110111 11110101 01010101 11010101 010101001 11011011011 01011011011 100101 1001 110101 1101 11001110101 1101010111 1101110101 1001010101 1011101 11101001 1100101 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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