This is an analysis of the poem Grey Hours: Naples that begins with:

There are some hours when I seem so indifferent; all things fade
To an indifferent greyness, like that grey of the sky;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011110100111 01010010111001 11110111111111 11111111101001 10110111101001 11000101011011101 110100101101001 01101111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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