This is an analysis of the poem The Christ-Sword that begins with:
THE WHILE my mad brain whirled around
She only looked with eyes elate ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab Xcddc efeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01111101 11010101 01011111 11010111 11010001 11100011 110100111 11010111 1011001 11110101 11110101 01010101 01001111 10010101 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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