This is an analysis of the poem Yeux Glauques that begins with:

Gladstone was still respected,
When John Ruskin produced...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa bcXc ccXc XcXc XbXX acXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111001 110010 1010101 1001010101 111100 010111 1010100 01110 10101 110111 1000101 11110 00101 010100111 011 011101 11111001101 10110 111010 010101 1101 101100 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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