This is an analysis of the poem Song. Written At The Request Of Lady Austen that begins with:

When all within is peace,
How nature seems to smile;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededffff ghgheeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110101 011101 011101 010101 0101110 110001 1101010 001001 1101001 011111 010101 110101 111101 110101 110101 010101 110001 0101001 010101 000101 010111 010001 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; to is repeated.

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