This is an analysis of the poem The God Abandons Antony that begins with:

At midnight, when suddenly you hear
an invisible procession going by...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXdeacbdXXfXbfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110011 10100010101 01001010 11111101 11111 1100101101000 1110111010 111000101001010 011111011 010111011 10110010111 1110111010 10111101001010 1100010 11001010 110010010010 10110100010 0010010011010 11110000101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 800
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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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