This is an analysis of the poem Two Years Later that begins with:

HAS no one said those daring
Kind eyes should be more learn'd?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaabbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 111011 1111010 0111111 111111111 11101001 110111010 11110101 10111010 0110001 11111111 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.

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