This is an analysis of the poem Fragment Of A Sonnet : To Harriet that begins with:

Ever as now with Love and Virtue's glow
May thy unwithering soul not cease to burn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 11100011101 11110111100 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

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