This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of The Lake: Canto 3 (Excerpt) that begins with:

CORONACH
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaXXXcX deXecXcb Xdedadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1011010 1010010 1010110 1111010 01100 0011111 1011110 010110 010010 1011110 1010010 111010 010110 1011110 11101010 110110 111010 110010 110010 110110 1011010 1011010 10101010 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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