This is an analysis of the poem To Eliza that begins with:

Eliza, what fools are the Mussulman sect,
Who to woman deny the soul's future existence!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcXc dada eXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101001 1010010110010 1111010101101 10101100100010 111001111001 111110010110 01001001010 010011110010 11001101001 1100010110010 101111001011 011011011110 001001101001 110110011010 111101111101 110110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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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