This is an analysis of the poem King In The Air that begins with:

On the lofty heights of heaven above cloud,
eagle, and star where love scatters...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbaXcbbcdeccXdXbXccXcXXXXecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010011 10111110 11010011100 10100101010 11011001 011111001 1010001110 00100111 11010101 1100101011 10101001 01001011 11101010110100 0100101 101111001 0101100010 01001011111 111011010 100100110011 01010011010 1110100001 100110011 101010001010110 1100101010001 01101111 111100101101 110101001 01001110 11111000100 10011011 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, wings are repeated.

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