This is an analysis of the poem To The Distant One that begins with:
AND have I lost thee evermore?
Hast thou, oh fair one, from me flown?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b c bc b d cdXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 11111011 10111101 11011101 11110101 01010101 11000101 011101101 11111101 111101001 11011111 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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