This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written In An Album that begins with:

OF THE BARONESS
D' H---, TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcbc cdcd baba eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100 1100110 11010101 010111 11110101 010011 010010011 111111 11010101 110101 110100111 011111 11010001 1100001 101111011 0101001 10110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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