This is an analysis of the poem Girl In Love that begins with:

That's my window. This minute
So gently did I alight...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bacX bdcd eeee eXXe fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110001 1100101 01111000 1111010 110101 111011011 0101111 10101010 101010 11101011 10111101 111110 1011011 11111110 0101001 1101010 111001 1001110 0101000 101011 101101 101110 111101 1001010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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