This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 14. Set By Mr. Smith that begins with:
Once I was unconfined and free,
Would I had been so still!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd abab efef gfgf gfgf cbcbXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 111011 01010100 110110 11110011 101101 11110101 111101 010001101 110101 10110101 111101 01110111 000111 010011101 111111 011101001 110101 11010101 110101 110110101 110101 10110101 010101 1111011 111101 10011101 110101 10001111 010101 11010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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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