This is an analysis of the poem At Toledo that begins with:

The little stones chuckle against the fields:
'We are so small: God will not think of us;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacaXXXcXdbaXbdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101100101 1111101101 1111010111 1101010111 1001110111 0111010101 0111011111 1111111111 1001010011 0101111101 1111010001 1111011101 1101111010 1100010001 1111111100 1111111111 11110000101 1111010100 1001011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 812
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, and, pass are repeated.

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