This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas Written In Passing The Ambracian Gulf that begins with:

Through cloudless skies, in silvery sheen,
Full beams the moon on Actium's coast:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fffX ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 11011101 11111101 01011111 11010111 0101010010 11010101 0100101010 10110111 11011111 110010101 11111111 11010101 1101111 11110111 11111100 11011100 11111101 11010111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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