This is an analysis of the poem Translation that begins with:

CHASTE are their instincts, faithful is their fire,
No foreign beauty tempts to false desire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110100110 11010101010 01110101001 0101010101 11110100101 0101011101 1111110101 1101010101 1011000101 11010101001 01000100101 1001110101 1011010101 1101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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