This is an analysis of the poem By The Rosanna--To F.M. Stanzer Thal, Tyrol that begins with:

The old grey Alp has caught the cloud,
And the torrent river sings aloud;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddececaabbaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 101010101 01010101 1101001001 10100101 110110101 10100101001 011000101 1011110010 1100100010 10111010 110001010 01010101 101011111 11011101 01011101 1010011101 010111101 010110111 00100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 747
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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