This is an analysis of the poem For One Who Went In Spring that begins with:

SHE did not go, as others do,
With backward look and beckoning;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe gccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 01011100 01111101 11010111 01011101 11110110 10010100 11010101 001010111 101010101 10110111 01111101 11110011 11000111 01010111 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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