This is an analysis of the poem Helen that begins with:
Heaped in raven loops and masses
Over temples smooth and fair,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb aaaaaa XcXccc dedeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101110 1010111 11101110 1111101 1010111 101 10111010 0011001 11101110 0010101 1110111 101 10111010 0010111 11101010 1111011 1110101 101 11101110 1010111 11101010 1010111 0010101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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