This is an analysis of the poem A Billet Doux that begins with:
My brightest hopes are mix'd with tears,
Like hues of light and gloom; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaa bcdccd efeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011101 110111 11111101 11000101 011101 11111111 010101 11010111 11010111 010111 11011101 011111 11010101 11110111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to is repeated.
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