This is an analysis of the poem Virelay that begins with:
Alone walking
In thought plaining,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXaab Xbbcbbbd dddeddce eeefeeef fXfgfXfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110 0110 1110 1100 1100 0110 1110 11011 1000 0111 1111 1010 1111 1100 01101 1101 0101 1111 1001 0110 1011 1101 110 1111 1111 01001 1101 0010 1111 1101 1001 0010 1010 1100 0110 1111 1111 0100 1101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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