This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Written In A Country Coal-Bin that begins with:

THE furnace tolls the knell of falling steam,
The coal supply is virtually done, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede cfcf bgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101010001 1101010111 1111010101 1101010101 01010111000 1101110101 0111010001 1001111101 0111000101 1111010101 1101011101 110111011 1000010101 1101010011 1101010101 11001010101 01100010101 1101101111 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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