This is an analysis of the poem The Chalice Was Suspended In The Air that begins with:
The chalice was suspended in the air
Like the golden sun for a splendid moment....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa Xbbb XXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010001 10101101010 1101101 01011011101010 0010100010 10011100010001 1110111101 0111111101 010011110101 101101000111 01010101010 11000100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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