This is an analysis of the poem Helas! that begins with:
To drift with every passion till my soul
Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXacdccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01010010111 0011111111 00101111001 1101010101 1011001101 1101110101 0101111100 1111010001 1011011111 0111101100 1111010101 0111100101 1011010001 1111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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