This is an analysis of the poem Voyages Vi that begins with:

Where icy and bright dungeons lift
Of swimmers their lost morning eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc daea cfbf Xdgd Xbbb gfffXbede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 100101100 01010101 111010101 110101011 1101000101 11000101 11110101 11011101 100111010 11011111 11010101 11010101 01100100 01010101 10110101 10010101 10111001 001010111 01010101 1110001 11010011 01010101 111101001 11110001 010010011 11110001 000100001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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