This is an analysis of the poem To Althea From Prison. that begins with:

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When love with unconfined wings... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXaXD XebebXaXX XafdfeaeD Xghghiaid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101011 100111 11010101 010101 11110001 110001 01110001 111100 1 11011101 010101 110010101 110101 11010111 111111 10110001 11110 1 11010101 010111 01010100 110011 11110110 101110 100111001 111100 1 11110101 110101 101001101 111100 01110011 101111 10011101 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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