This is an analysis of the poem Shapes In The Sunset that begins with:

Daylong was my slumber. At the sunset,
Wakening, I beheld the clouds, a hundred...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd bebd XXXX eXfX XdeX bXbf XbXd cadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101011 10011001010 1010111010 1010010 1000101110 100101001010 0111101010 101110 1010101000 1011101010 111011010100 101010 1011101010 1010100010 1011101010 101010 1010101010 1010101010 1010111010 101010 1010101010 101010010 1011101111 001010 1011100110 1001001010 1000111010 101010 1010111010 10101111111 101111110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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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