This is an analysis of the poem I'D Mourn The Hopes that begins with:

I'd mourn the hopes that leave me,
If thy smiles had left me too; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac aaaaadad eaeaafaf gcgchihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 0111111 1111011 0111001 1111011 01111111 11110101 1110101 1101011 1111101 1101011 0110101 1101011 01011101 0101011 1111101 1101011 11101011 1111011 1100101 1101111 01011101 0111011 1110111 1101110 01001111 1101010 1110111 1101010 11011111 1111110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, thee are repeated).

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