This is an analysis of the poem Pilate's Wife that begins with:

Why came in dreams the low-born man
Between thee and thy rest?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXef gfgf hbhb idiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 011111 01110101 110101 011100101 110110 11010001 011101 11110101 110111 010001101 1101001 01110101 0100101 110101001 100011 11110111 101101 01011101 000101 10000111 010111 01011101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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