This is an analysis of the poem Pray To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong that begins with:

Pray to what earth does this sweet cold belong,
Which asks no duties and no conscience? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbbcdXcaXXdXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011101101 111101110 0111110101 0111010001 1101111001 0111010101 1111010101 0111010101 1001111111 0101011101 11000100101 01110100101 1101011001 10100001101 01010010011 0101111101 01011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 761
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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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