This is an analysis of the poem It Was Upon that begins with:

It was upon a July evening.
At a stile I stood, looking along a path...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXb XcXcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 010100110 10111100101 10010101001 1011011100 00011010101 010010101111 10010110110 1110010101 11110000100 0101100100 0010111111 10001001101 0011110100 10010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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