This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas For Music that begins with:

I loved a little maiden
In the golden years gone by;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdddXcdX XeaeXcfcgcdc gfhfadhXdcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 0010011 110011111 10100101 11100010 1010101 10101110 110111 1101110 0101111 1111110101 1010101 111110110 1101111 1001110101 11111111 11011011 110101 01110011 10001 111111110 10111101 111110111 1010111 111110010 0101001 110111110 00111001 11101010 11100111 0111110111 110110010 101011010 100101 11100110111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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