This is an analysis of the poem The Maid's Thought that begins with:

Why listen, even the water is sobbing for something.
The west wind is dead, the waves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXXbXdedbbafgecbg Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010010110 0110101 010101001010 111101 0101110111 1100111 0100101001001 11110100 01010101101 01001101 010100101110 1111010 1001111101 1011110 11011101001 1111010 111011101110 1001111 1101001011010 0111010 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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