This is an analysis of the poem Rose-Cheeked Laura that begins with:

Rose-cheek'd Laura, come,
Sing thou smoothly with thy beauty's... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XcXX babc XbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11100110 10101010 1010 10111 0100101 10101110 10100 11111 10111010 10101010 1110 11101 110101110 10011000 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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