This is an analysis of the poem To Charles Lloyd: An Unexpected Visitor that begins with:

Alone, obscure, without a friend,
A cheerless, solitary thing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede Xfcf egcg haha hifi aXaf ceXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 11110101 110010101 01011101 11011011 11010101 11110101 010100001 11111101 10010110 010101001 10010101 11110101 101101101 11011101 11110101 11010101 1111011 01010111 01110101 010010101 11001101 10111101 11010101 110101010 01010101 11011101 11011101 01011100 11110011 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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