This is an analysis of the poem To My Fairy Fancies that begins with:

NAY, no longer I may hold you,
In my spirit's soft caresses, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCXC dbdbCbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101111 01101010 11101011 00100110 1010101 00111000 101 11101110 01101010 11101110 01111010 1010101 01110010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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