This is an analysis of the poem Not that begins with:
Not "Revelation"—'tis—that waits,
But our unfurnished eyes—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100000111 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 2
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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