This is an analysis of the poem Still I Love To Rhyme that begins with:

STILL I love to rhyme, and still more, rhyming, to wander
Far from the commoner way;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe afaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111110010 1001001 11111101111110 1001001 1110111111010 1010001 111010110010 1001001 1111101110010 1101001 1110101110100 1011001 1111101010010 100110001 11111111011010 1001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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