This is an analysis of the poem Bartol that begins with:

POET of the Pulpit, whose full-chorded lyre
Startles the churches from their slumbers late, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXacdXdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10001011101 1001001101 1001010101 11001000101 11001111001 111100101010 01110101101 1101110100 1100010011 110010010110 00101000101 0101111101 1101101101 1101000101 1100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 690
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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