This is an analysis of the poem John Keats that begins with:

THE weltering London ways where children weep
And girls whom none call maidens laugh,—strange road... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbaccXddX
  • 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: 01001011101 1111110111 1001011101 0110011101 10101111101 111101111 1001111111 01110011101 1110010110001 1111010101 110101001010 1101011111 110001010100 01111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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