This is an analysis of the poem Dark Spirit of the Desart Rude that begins with:

Dark Spirit of the desart rude
That o'er this awful solitude,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeecfcf gcgcddhheX ddiijjgXhaaaaahklklgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000101 110010101 11011001 11110101 11010101 11010011 01010101 110110101 11110101 10110101 10110101 111101101 1101100101 110010111 11010001 11111101 10100101 11111101 10100101 11011101 100101101 111101001 1100110111 11001101 11010100 11111101 11010001 11010101 110101001 001101001 01111101 110011101 001011100 110111 110011101 11011010 11011101 10010001 01110111 110111 010100101 1111110 11000101 1001010 11111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 537
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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