This is an analysis of the poem To Jane: The Keen Stars Were Twinkling that begins with:
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The keen stars were twinkling,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcabc XXccdcc Xcdecde Xfacfac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0110100 1011110010 11 0011100 1010111110 01 1 101110 1001111010 01 111110 0010111110 01 1 010010 1011011010 01 110010 1010110010 01 1 1011010 1010111010 01 011101 110111110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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