This is an analysis of the poem Chant To Sirius that begins with:

What nights retard thee, O Sirius !
Thy light is as a spear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXabcX abXdebXecaXeadXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 110101 1110000 1010011001 100010001 11110101 1101100 110110100101 110001101 110111 100011110 1111011 110110 10101011 10110101110 1101 0110101001 00101000 11100101 11111110001 11001 1011100 110001001 0101001 11111010 10101001 10101001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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