This is an analysis of the poem To Mrs. J.S. Blackie that begins with:
Dear Friend, once, in a dream, I, looking o'er
The Past, saw the Four Seasons slow advance... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabcdcdee
- 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: 11100111010 0110110101 1011010100 1111110101 0110010101 1100010101 0111111101 1101110101 1111010100 010010010001 0111100101 0111000100 10010101001 111111110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 581
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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