This is an analysis of the poem To Eva that begins with:

O Fair and stately maid, whose eye
Was kindled in the upper sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb bbdddd eaea cfXf Xgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11000101 10111101 11110101 110101010 010001 11110101 10110111 11110100 11011101 11010111 010111001 11111111 110100111 11011101 111011 01110101 110101 11110111 010111 101110101 110101 101110001 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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