This is an analysis of the poem When I Would Imagine that begins with:

When I would image her features,
Comes up a shrouded head: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cdad Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 110101 1101110 11001001 1111110 1110101 01110111 100101 10101010 1111110 10010010 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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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