This is an analysis of the poem Hawarden that begins with:

When comes the lighted day for men to read
Life's meaning, with the work before their hands... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101011101 1100010111 1001010101 1011010101 0101010111 1111010111 0111110101 10001010101 11011100111 11110011111 0101010111 01010011001 1011000111 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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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