This is an analysis of the poem Paul And Virginia that begins with:

Nephews and Nieces, -love your leaden statues.
Call them by name; call him 'Paul.' She is 'Virginia.'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabXacbdaecbXd aXXfafgaaababdbefa gddXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,18,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110111011 101111110100 1110101010010 10001110001 11110111011 1111110101 0111111110 1100011111010 101000101 0110100101 01001011101 110101110111 1111010101 1011011111 11111101010 1011010011 110001001 1111101010010 101111010011 01010010111 101111010111 11011111001 110111001010 10010101100010 11011010111 11010101010 10111011011 11000100101010 110010010111 0101101101110 110101100111 0110111010 1010011101 111010101 1011001 01101101110100 1111010100010 010011101001 100101011101 11010101101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, with, garden, to, love, from are repeated.

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

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