This is an analysis of the poem Fantaisie D'Antan that begins with:

Lost and alien lie the leas,
Purfled all with euphrasies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbabccXXXddaaXaeefXXaXfXXfgaagffhhccaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 1010100 1010101 1110101 1001001 0011111 1010100 1010101 10011000 10101010 1001100 1010101 1010101 110001 10001110 00111000 1110001 1010011 1010101 1111101 0011000 101000 1010111 101001000 1110001 11101000 1010100 1010001 1111101 0010111 1010101 011101 1010101 1111101 1010100 1010001 1111101 1010100 0110101 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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