This is an analysis of the poem An Hour With Thee that begins with:

An hour with thee! When earliest day
Dapples with gold the eastern gray, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccA ddddeeA ffaaggA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111001 10010101 11111101 01111111 111101001 11010001 11001 110011101 10111101 11010101 01010101 111111001 110011101 11001 110011101 11111001 01010001 01010101 0010111001 01011111 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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