This is an analysis of the poem Sadder Than Lark When Lowering that begins with:

Sadder than lark when lowering
Clouds defend the sky;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababab acacacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 10101 1011110 11101 1011010 101111 11011010 1101 1011010 1101001 1011010 101001 1011010 1001011 1110010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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