This is an analysis of the poem Queen Gormlai that begins with:

NOT fingers that e'er felt
Fine things within their hold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXded fcgXchih aXfjXaeX bkjkflgl jhXhfdcdXbaiabkhk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 110111 110011 11101 110101 010101 010001 111101 110101 111111 11101 01101 110111 010001 1101110 110111 10111 11000 101101 11111 1101100 010101 010101 111100 110111 011101 110101 1100101 010111 10101 110101 11000001 010011 011101 1111001 011111 110101 111011 011101 010101 110101 101111 111110 101101 010011 011111 010101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Queen Gormlai;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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