This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Dust: Part 01: 08: The White Fog Creeps From The Cold Sea Over The City that begins with:
The white fog creeps from the cold sea over the city,
Over the pale grey tumbled towers,—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaaa aaXa bbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0111001110010 100111010 11001010111 01110101 11010101001 1101 01111000101 1101010 101100111011 110101101010 1100110101 110111 11010101101 011010100111 010011011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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