This is an analysis of the poem To Sophia (Miss Stacey) that begins with:
I.
Thou art fair, and few are fairer... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xababcc XdXdXee XXadaXd Xfbfbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111110 00101110 11111010 11101110 10111110 10101010 1 11101010 10100010 0111001110 11101010 11101010 11101110 1 01101110 01111010 00101010 10111110 10111110 00111010 1 110101010 10111010 10111010 11111010 111110110 01111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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