This is an analysis of the poem On Violet's Wafers, Sent Me When I Was Ill that begins with:

Fine-tissued as her finger-tips, and white
As all her thoughts; in shape like shields of prize,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101011101 1001110101 1101110101 11010011001 1100110110 1100111001 1101111101 1100011010 1101001111 0111011100 0101110111 1111110111 11011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; as, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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