This is an analysis of the poem In Spain that begins with:
Tagus, farewell! that westward with thy streams
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abababcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Metre: 1011110011 1101010101 0111111101 1001110101 1001110111 1101110101 11110011111 0101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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