This is an analysis of the poem To Helen About Her Hair that begins with:

Your hair is long and wonderful;
It is dark, with golden...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bbX aXa XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 001010 100100 11010100 011110 100101 01111100 001110 100101 11110100 111011 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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