This is an analysis of the poem To Cole, The Painter, Departing For Europe that begins with:

A SONNET.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbXbbbdeedaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010 1111010101 1111110101 0101001101 11111100101 11010101010 1101010101 1101010111 01111010101 111111111 11001010101 1111000101 0111001111 1101011111 11110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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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