This is an analysis of the poem Recent Appearance Of A Lady that begins with:

The joy of meeting one so fair,
Inspires the present stream of song; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccab deccde fgccfg hicchi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 01001101 0101 1101 11011101 110111 00010101 11110101 1101 1101 11010101 110101 11111101 01010101 0101 11001 110111001 0101001 11011101 01010101 1101 1101 01111101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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