This is an analysis of the poem Cumuli that begins with:

They seem the enfolding mountains of some fairer land
That lies beyond the world,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa XbbX ccXc bddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001001101 110101 0101010110010 1100101000101 1111011100110 110101 1001010101001 110101010100 0111110101001 011101 1111010010110 0101011111011 11111101001010 010111 010001011101 0101011101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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