This is an analysis of the poem England In China: 1897-98 that begins with:

Grey gloom the storm-clouds in the Orient far,
Foreshadowing dark and anxious hours to be,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc fcfcgg XdXdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011001011 010011101000 1101000101 0101000101 100100010001 110111101101 10011011001 1101110111 1101110111 1101000011 11010010101 100101111101 1111110111 0101000101 0101010101 1011100101 1111010101 101101010101 0101111101 11010000101 111111111 1001010001 11010011001 1111011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.

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