This is an analysis of the poem Fair Ines that begins with:

O saw ye not fair Ines?
She 's gone into the West, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdb abcbebdb afXfgfcf afcfefgf ahahXhXhXafdfefbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1110001 01010101 110101 1111100 011111 01010101 110101 1101101 010101 11011101 1110001 1100100 110111 11010111 111101 1110101 110100 11110111 110111 01110111 111101 11110101 010001 1111001 010101 01010100 110101 11011101 110111 01100101 001011 0101101 110101 01010101 110001 11011111 110101 01111111 001111 1111101 110101 11010101 111101 01110101 110101 01111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 267
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but are repeated.

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  • summary of Fair Ines;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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