This is an analysis of the poem At Algeciras - A Meditaton Upon Death that begins with:
The heron-billed pale cattle-birds
That feed on some foul parasite... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaa cdcdee fefXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11111101 00010111 1010101 0011100101 1011011101 10110101 1110001 1010101 0110101 1111010100 11001010101 1010001 11010101 1010101 1101100 1111010101 1001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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