This is an analysis of the poem Gazing At The Sacred Peak that begins with:

For all this, what is the mountain god like?
An unending green of lands north and south:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab abXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011 1010101111 001001001001 11111111 101110101 1011100111 10100101000 10101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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