This is an analysis of the poem The God Abandons Anthony that begins with:

When suddenly, at midnight, you hear
an invisible procession going by...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXDeacbDXXXXbXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011111 10100010101 01001010 11111101 11111 1100101101000 1110111010 111000101001010 011111011 010111011 10110010111 1110111010 10111101001010 1100010 1100101011 010010010 1011010000010 0010010011010 11110000101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 815
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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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