This is an analysis of the poem Should Lanterns Shine that begins with:
Should lanterns shine, the holy face,
Caught in an octagon of unaccustomed light,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXacdXb bXaadXe XXXce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101 101101010101 1101110101 11011101 01001101 1101110111 1001010101 0101011101 1101010101 11111100 1101010101 11010100101 1111110101 11110101010100 11100101 11110010 11001111 0111110001 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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