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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  • summary of In The Train, And At Versailles;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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