This is an analysis of the poem In Black Despair that begins with:

In grayish doubt and black despair,
I drafted hymns to the earth and the air,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101 1101001101 0100111110 011101010 1101011100 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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