This is an analysis of the poem Gum Is The Sky that begins with:

Glum is the sky, by night imprisoned,
As over it the dark clouds creep,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdcX bebecdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 11000111 110011000 11010101 010101010 11111100 111111010 11110100 110101110 01010111 010101010 01110001 101101010 110101001 110100110 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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