This is an analysis of the poem Sicilian Song that begins with:

YE black and roguish eyes,
If ye command....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0101 110101 1111 111101 0101 011101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 36
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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