This is an analysis of the poem Song X. - The Lovely Delia Smiles Again! that begins with:
The lovely Delia smiles again!
That killing frown has left her brow;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 11011101 11011101 11111101 10110101 011101010 1001001001 110101010 010111101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01011111 010100111 0100100101 01111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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