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

WHEN twilight flutters the mountains over,
The faery lights from the earth unfold: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXccdcdbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111001010 010100101 1100101010 010101101 010101010 11010111 0111011100 010101101 0101001110 110110101 01001001010 10110101 1111001010 110010101 1111011110 1001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 688
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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