This is an analysis of the poem Melinda's Complaint that begins with:
By the side of a glimmering fire,
Melinda sat pensively down, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdXefedcdcghghfhfXbehecXcfbiXiXXacfefecacajdjdkjkX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010010 010110001 01001011 11001001 01001001 001001001 101011101 11001011 1001011110 11001011 101101111 101011111 11011011 001001001 11001011 110001001 101011001 1001001 01001011 01111001 11011101 101001011 011010111 101101101 101111001 11011001 11111011 11001001 11011001 1010110010 11001001 01011001 101101011 11101001 11011010 10001101 101111010 111100100 101011011 001001001 101001101 11001001 11001101 11001101 01101011 11001101 11101111 001001101 100011101 11001001 010110011 11011111 11111001 01101001 01111011 110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2009
- Average number of words per stanza: 345
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, at are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase forbear connects the lines.
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