This is an analysis of the poem Ebb-Tide that begins with:
NOW the vexed clouds, wind-driven, spread wings of white,
Long leaning wings across the sea and land. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc XaXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10111101101 1101010111 0111100011 0101010101 1101011111 110101011101 11011100101 1011011101 1101111100 11001110001 1011010100 101011010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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