This is an analysis of the poem To A Vain Lady that begins with:

Ah! heedless girl! why thus disclose
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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dddd efef acac gaga aeae eheh iXif X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11110101 110100101 11010111 01111001 11110111 01101101 10010101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11111101 01110001 11011111 11010101 11110101 01000111 11010101 11100101 11010101 010100101 01010101 01011101 110100001 11010101 11110101 1100100010 11011111 110001010 10111101 11001110 11010101 11011101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thy is repeated.

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