This is an analysis of the poem By Ways Remote And Distant Waters Sped that begins with:

By ways remote and distant waters sped,
Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1001111111 1111011001 1101001101 1111011101 11011010011 1111011010 1111011101 101100101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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