This is an analysis of the poem The Night Quatrains that begins with:

THE Sun is set, and gone to sleep
With the fair princess of the deep, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXddddeeddffgXhXhffXijjggjjjjbbbbkkjjllbbggmmddkkfbbbllddddiiddhhXdiibbXhggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 00110001 11000101 11000101 01110101 01001001 101111010 1 100100101 01110101 01000101 11011101 01010101 110001001 110101001 11010101 01010101 11110101 10110001 11011101 10 11110101 010110101 01010101 110101100 10011101 11010101 110100101 11110101 11011101 01011101 11110101 11110111 11110111 11110101 111100101 10110111 111100101 11110101 110100101 11010001 11010101 11011101 01110101 11110101 11110001 1001101 01011101 11010101 10001001 01110111 11010101 01011001 11011101 010111111 1101010110 01010111 01011101 10111101 01011111 01110101 11011101 10010111 01010001 11010011 01000101 01010101 110101011 01110101 11010101 0101100010 01011101 11110111 01000101 01011111 01100101 10111110 11010100 11111111 10111111 11011101 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2968
  • Average number of words per stanza: 518
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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