This is an analysis of the poem On The Cliff-Top that begins with:

FACE upward to the sky
Quiet I lie: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXaX bbbbcc ddaaee ffggggXccccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 1011 1010010010 11010101011 110010010011 11001000100 010111 1101 1001110111 01010111001 1001010111 01001111101 010101 1111 111110111 1010010101 1011111101 1111001111 111101 1101 11110011101 0110110011 1101110101 1111011101 111011 1001 1111010101 0011110101 1111010111 00110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of On The Cliff-Top;
  • central theme;
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