This is an analysis of the poem There's A Certain Slant Of Light (258) that begins with:

There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XdXd bece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10101 1010101 00101 1001011 11111 1010100 10101 111010 10101 10100010 11001 10101110 11111 10111010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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