This is an analysis of the poem On Moonlit Heath And Lonesome Bank that begins with:

On moonlit heath and lonesome bank
The sheep beside me graze; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh ijij chch gfgf ckck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 010111 11010101 110111 01010111 011111 110101001 011111 111101101 010101 11111101 011111 110110101 111101 01010111 111111 11000101 010101 01111101 1100001 11010101 111101 11111101 110101 11110111 010101 11010101 110101 11111101 111011 11000111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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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