This is an analysis of the poem Child And Maiden that begins with:

Ah, Chloris! could I now but sit
As unconcern'd as when... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc cbcbXaca dadaacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 110111 11010101 110011 11011001 110101 110101010 111101 11010111 110001 10111101 110101 11111000 010101 111100001 110011 11001101 110111 110101001 101101 11001101 010101 01011001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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