This is an analysis of the poem To M. that begins with:

IF in the summer of thy bright regard
For one brief season these poor Rhymes shall live ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0001001101 1111011111 1111111111 0101110111 1011111111 1101110101 10010000101 0101110101 0111111101 1101110111 11001111001 1101010101 1101011101 01110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 661
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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