This is an analysis of the poem To Fancy that begins with:

Most delicate Ariel! submissive thing,
Won by the mind's high magic to its hest— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacdcdcc
  • 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: 11001000101 1101110001 01001001101 1001110101 1000011101 01001000101 1101000101 1001110100 1111010000 0101010001 1101000101 1111011101 1011110101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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