This is an analysis of the poem Hark The Sky-Lark In The Cloud that begins with:

HARK the sky-lark in the cloud,
Hark the cricket in the grass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 1010001 10100111 1010111 1010101 1111101 1011101 1010001 1010101 0010111 1010101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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