This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 26. that begins with:

Some kind angel, gently flying,
Moved with pity at my pain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1010111 11101110 1011101 11101110 1110101 11101010 0110101 10101010 1110101 101001010 1110011 10111010 0101111 10111010 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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