This is an analysis of the poem On Julia's Voice that begins with:

So smooth, so sweet, so silv'ry is thy voice,
As, could they hear, the Damned would make no noise, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110011 1111011111 11001100110 100100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so is repeated.

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