This is an analysis of the poem It sounded as if the Streets were running that begins with:
It sounded as if the Streets were running
And then - the Streets stood still - ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001010 110111 01111111010 1111111 111010110010 010111 101011010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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