This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written In A Lady's Album that begins with:

GRANT me, I cried, some spell of art,
To turn with all a lover's care, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dXdX eaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 01010101 11011101 11110101 1111011 110101001 111110001 110010101 11010101 11110111 11010101 1100111010 01111101 11111101 11111111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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