This is an analysis of the poem Manuel Comninos that begins with:
One dreary September day
Emperor Manuel Komninos...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbacXXcX bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100101 10001100 10111 01010010111100 01110011101 11101011 110001101010 11001010010 001001010 111011001 0101000111 1011101 1110001111 1100011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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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