This is an analysis of the poem A Mirage that begins with:
Were I thy bride,
Then the whole world beside... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaabAcccbA dddeAfffeA cccgAeeegA hhXhAiXiXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 101101 0111 011101 0111 0111 110111 1101 010101 0111 0101 101101 1011 110011 0111 1111 111001 1111 111110 0111 01001 010101 0111 011101 0111 0101 011001 0011 010111 0111 0101 010101 0101 111101 0111 0101 010100 0101 110100 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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