Poem Analysis of To M by George Gordon Byron for close reading

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

Oh! did those eyes, instead of fire,
With bright, but mild affection shine:... full text

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Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fgfg hghg cbcbXhchc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 101101010 01110101 111101010 11110101 111111001 100111101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010011 11110111 01111111 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 110001001 11010101 11111101 11110001 010101010 11110111 111111010 10111101 11011101 101110101 11010111
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
Average number of words per stanza: 25
Amount of lines: 28
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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To M by George Gordon Byron: poem analysis

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