This is an analysis of the poem Low-Anchored Cloud that begins with:

Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXXbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1001 10111010 111100 110111 1011001 1101011100 10110101 01011101 100111110 11001101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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