This is an analysis of the poem A Fancy that begins with:

I think I would not be
A stately tree, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcaac ddeebbXffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 0101 11001011101 110101 0011010101 111111 1111111100 111101 110111 1111 1001110 0101010 0101011101 0101110001 011100 010101 110010101010 0101011101 0101011011 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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