This is an analysis of the poem Elegy On The Death Of A Child that begins with:

Fair was thy blossom, tender flower,
That open'd like the rose in May,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede dbdb fdfd agag cece gaga hihi fjfjXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101010 11010101 110101010 01011101 11110101 101010101 01111101 11010101 11011101 110101001 011100111 11010111 01110101 011100101 010111011 01011111 10110111 100101011 11010101 101010101 111101010 110101001 111111010 01110101 11010101 10011101 11010001 01100111 101011101 110101010 01010101 1101111110 11110101 01010011 11110101 11110101 11111111 011111110 110110111 110101110 11110111 11010100 11010101 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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