This is an analysis of the poem On The Canyon-Side that begins with:
Forgotten lies the world we knew,
One mile behind the looming hill;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcaX deebdb cffdcd gaaXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 11010101 1101010101 1100111 0111010111 110110 01110101 10110111 1001010101 011111 1101110111 111101 10010111 11010101 1101011011 110101 1011010101 100111 11010111 11010101 0111010101 110101 1011000111 011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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