This is an analysis of the poem Bergen that begins with:
As thou sittest there
Skerry-bound and fair,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc Xcd eXfddg bbhhhd ddiiiX cfc dX d cXdXbbgeei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,6,6,3,2,1,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 10111 101011101011 11101 10 111 101010011 10011 10101 101100111010 11111 10101 101010100 10101 10111 1101111110 11101 11101 1010101011 11101 10111 111110111010 11101 011101 111010111 01101 1110 1 101111101 100 11101 11 100 101111101 01111 11111 101011111110 11101 10101 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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