This is an analysis of the poem To Mary ---- that begins with:
O Mary dear, that you were here
With your brown eyes bright and clear.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabXXbacXdadac AX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 0111111 1111101 1010011 0010101000 1010101 1111 101 0010100 1011011 11111111 11100101 11100101 1010101 11011101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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