This is an analysis of the poem Song—anna, Thy Charms that begins with:
ANNA, thy charms my bosom fire,
And waste my soul with care;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111010 111101 11110001 110001 10110101 0110010 111010001 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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