This is an analysis of the poem Nay, Tell Me Not, Dear that begins with:

Nay, tell me not, dear, that the goblet drowns
One charm of feeling, one fond regret; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdaadDEDE fgfgaahhhhDEDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110101 110101101 0110101101 111100111 1101 01001 1101101111 01011 01011 11101011011 1101101111 110100101 1110100101 011101111 11101001010 111100101 11001001010 110100101 1001 11001 0110110111 11101 01011 1100101111 1101101111 110100101 1110100101 011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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