This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of Hyperion that begins with:

The dungeon-clefts of Tartarus
Are close beyond the mountains...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcdXX eeabXbXbedacadXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 1101010 111101010 0101001001 0111011 01011101 1100100101 01011101 100100100 101101010 01011101 01010101 1111101010 001010111 1001010100 01010101 110101010 11010101 101011101 110101001 11010001 101101001 01010001 1010010010 01110101 1010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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