This is an analysis of the poem Rondel Of Merciless Beauty that begins with:

Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB abABXabbABB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011100 1101111101 1111010111 1011010100 0111110101 1111011100 1101111101 0111111100 1111011111 1011011101 1111011100 1101111101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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