This is an analysis of the poem Pan Is Dead that begins with:

‘Pan is dead. Great Pan is dead.
Ah! bow your heads, ye maidens all,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXXX aXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 11111101 11110100 10110001 1101010 11110100 1101010 1111110 111001 1111110 1111010 111101101 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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