This is an analysis of the poem Spring Bereaved 3 that begins with:

ALEXIS, here she stay'd; among these pines,
Sweet hermitress, she did alone repair; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbabcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110111 1100100101 1011010001 1111100101 11011101000 0101011101 0101011101 0111110111 1111011101 01010010001 1011111101 1111010101 1111000101 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 688
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, here, first are repeated.

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