This is an analysis of the poem A Later Alexandrian that begins with:
An inspiration caught from dubious hues
Filled him, and mystic wrynesses he chased;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacddece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010101001 1111010011 1111010101 110010101001 01011000101 0101001101 11010101100 1101111101 1111010101 10000111101 1001010101 1101010001 1100111101 0111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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