This is an analysis of the poem From The Spanish Of Pedro De Castro Y Anaya that begins with:

Stay, rivulet, nor haste to leave
The lovely vale that lies around thee.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXeX bfbf ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001101 010111011 11100111 110101011 11010101 1000101110 11010101 111111010 11110101 110111010 01000101 010100010 11111100 010101010 11010101 011101010 11010101 0011110010 1101111 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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