This is an analysis of the poem In The Train, And At Versailles that begins with:
In a dull swiftness we are carried by
With bodies left at sway and shaking knees. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcddbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0011011101 0101111101 0111100101 1001011111 0101111111 0111010101 1011010101 1001010101 0101110100 1101001101 1011010001 1001011111 1011010111 1111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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