This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written On A Blank Leaf Of 'The Pleasures Of Memory' that begins with:

Absent or present, still to thee,
My friend, what magic spells belong!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca aXaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10101101 11110101 11111111 01110111 110101011 11010111 110010011 11110111 11001101 110101010 11110101 01100001 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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