This is an analysis of the poem O Solitude! If I Must With Thee Dwell that begins with:

O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacddcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011011 1010010101 01010101010 10100000001 01001010101 1101111101 11100010111 1001100111 1111011101 10110011001 1111000101 0111010110 1101010101 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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