This is an analysis of the poem Art Above Nature: To Julia that begins with:

When I behold a forest spread
With silken trees upon thy head;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbbccaadddXccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010111 11111101 010101000 11010101 000101001 11010011 01101101 11111101 00110111 11011111 11111111 11110111 10010100 11110101 01011101 11011111 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 587
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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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