This is an analysis of the poem At The Lattice that begins with:
Behind the curtain,
With glance uncertain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcccb dXaddda ccXXeeX ddeeXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 01010 111011101 1010 1110 1110 10101010111 01010 11110 1000100010111 111010 101010 101010 1110100101101 1110 101110 101001000101 1000100 011011 101010 10111011101010 101110 111010 10101000101 101010 100100 101010 1010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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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