This is an analysis of the poem A Rondeau Of College Rhymes that begins with:

Our college rhymes,--how light they seem,
Like little ghosts of love's young dream... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba aabCXaabbaC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11011111 11010111 11110101 01010101 110011101 11010111 01011101 11110101 1101 10010101 01011101 11000111 11010101 01010101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • 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.

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