This is an analysis of the poem XXXIII. 'If in some fair Elysian seclusion' that begins with:
If in some fair Elysian seclusion
We yet shall find the dreams that we have wrought...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabaab caaccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0011100010 1111011111 0111101101 01111001010 0011110111 10011001010 10010001010 1111010001 11110100010 11010100110 01010101010 101010111010 1101110111 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
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