This is an analysis of the poem My Fancy that begins with:

I painted her a gushing thing,
With years about a score;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe afcfdede XgXgXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 000101 11010110 010101 11010101 010101 11010101 010101 1111010 110101 1111110 011101 101111 011001 11110100 110101 110101001 01101 01100100 010001 1101011 1110101 1011101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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  • summary of My Fancy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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