This is an analysis of the poem 'A Little While I Fain Would Linger Yet.' that begins with:
A LITTLE while (my life is almost set!)
I fain would pause along the downward way, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaa AccaA DeedD aaXaa AffaAXDeedD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101110111 1111010101 10110001111 1111010111 01010111101 0101111101 11111111010 11010101010 1111000101 0101111101 0101111101 01111101001 1111110101 1111010101 0101111101 0101110111 1101110101 11001110111 1101010101 0101111111 0101111111 0111000101 11000110001 0101111111 0101111111 0101111101 0111110101 1101110101 1111010101 0101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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