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

Like putting forth upon a sea
On which the moonbeams shimmer, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXccb adddeed fgffccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101110 11101100 01111100 00011101 011101001 0101110 11011101 10001110 01110111 11000101 01010101 110100101 0111010 10111101 0100010 11110111 11111101 11001101 10111101 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to is repeated.

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