This is an analysis of the poem To George Sterling (High) that begins with:

High priest of this our latter Song,
Whose voice sustains her empery...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa bcXb deed eeee aXXa cXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 11010100 11010101 01011101 11010001 11010101 010111100 11010001 0010101001 11100111 11011111 11010001 11110101 11010101 01010011 110100111 10011111 010000101 01010100 010101101 10010111 01010001 010101010 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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