This is an analysis of the poem Janet Waking that begins with:

Beautifully Janet slept
Till it was deeply morning. She woke then ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe Xeed aaaa abba ghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 1011010111 1101010101 011011 1111010 10011110010 111111001010 11111010 11011011 10110110101 01011100101 01011 01010001 1101110111 11110100101 110100 110001 1001010101 0101011111 11001 11110 10101110011 01010101001 0111010 11011111 1001110001 1110010011 100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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