This is an analysis of the poem Song.—oh, Long Enough My Life Has Been that begins with:
Oh! long enough my life has been,
Since I thy love have known; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc adad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 111111 11110101 110101 11111111 111101 11000101 110111 11111101 110011 111011011 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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