This is an analysis of the poem Memnon At Midnight that begins with:

Methought upon the tomb-encumbered shore
I stood of Egypt's lone monarchal stream,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 1101011001 11010111001 0110110101 101110011 0101110001 1001010101 1101111000 1001010100 11001010101 01011001010 1101010101 0110010011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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