This is an analysis of the poem From The Still Days that begins with:

So ghostly are these late days
Just like the look of sick people, sent here...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X b c a c X X a a b c a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111 1101011011 00111001101001 01101110101 1100110111010 11011011010 110110110 1010110101000 1011101110 1101000111 001101 011010110 11110010010010 110010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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