This is an analysis of the poem Fragment Of Ballad that begins with:
How shall I sing? the thing I crave
To say is speechless as a Lover's trance.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdcd cbXbea Xcbec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110111 0101010101 111101 1101011101 11110101 1101010101 101010101 011100111 1011010001 1110010111 1001010100 1011010001 111111 1001010111 1001010100 1011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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