This is an analysis of the poem Untitled 8 that begins with:

Thou sinless and sweet one - thy voice is a strain
Which yields solace to sadness, and balm to my pain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaccffggddhhXacccciijjXggbXbbddaabXggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011111001 111001011011 010101001011 101001011011 011011011101 101001001001 101001001011 101001001101 1001011001 101101101001 101011011001 0010010101001 11101011010 101011111011 101011001001 111101011101 11111111111 100001011001 101101111101 101001111011 101011001101 101111111101 11111101011 11111011011 01101110001 101011101101 000101001011 001001101101 11001011111 001001111001 10101101101 01001001001 1011111 11111 11111011011 11111101101 01011001101 11111101001 101111111011 101011001101 001101001101 11011001111 00100100011101 101001000101 11001011001 100001101001 001001111111 111011111101 01101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 446
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of, on, as, my, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word though is repeated.

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  • summary of Untitled 8;
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