This is an analysis of the poem Greek Lyrics that begins with:

O WORDS as clear as are the dawn sky-rifts
Between the still cloud-layers, and eke as sweet... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeXfXcaddXdebf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111 01011101111 11001101101 1011001111 1101011111 11011100101 1111010101 011100110001 111001001011 0111111011 1111110100 1110111101 0101111111 110111101110 1111010101 1111011111 0111100101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 785
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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