This is an analysis of the poem Lines To A Lady, On Hearing Her Sing that begins with:

Yes! heaven protect thee, thou gem of the ocean;
Dear land of my sires, though distant thy shores; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc bXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011110010 1101111011 1111011010010 011010011010 110010111010 110011001101 110011010010 011010111001 111010011010 11101001001 1010110010110 0101110100000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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