This is an analysis of the poem Sculptor Of Tyana that begins with:

As you'll have heard, I'm no beginner.
I've handled a lot of stone in my time,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXbXccbXdedcfaXeXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 1100101011 10111010010110 100001001001 110010101 1111 010010010 101011011100 101011001 11010011001000 0101111110 1100111011101 11100100101 1100 111111010 10100100100 010011001010010 1100111 10111011 10100111001010 1111001 0100011110 010101101 11110011 0110100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 971
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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