This is an analysis of the poem L'Eau Dormante that begins with:

Curled up and sitting on her feet.
Within the window's deep embrasure, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabccddee fbfbggffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010101100 010010101 010101010 10010001 01110101 10010101 11010101 11011101 1001100011 11010101 010101110 11010011 110101010 01011101 01011111 11011101 11111101 11110111 110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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