This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Delay that begins with:
IN vain I see the morning rise,
In vain observe the western blaze,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 01010101 11010101 01011101 01110101 11011101 01111101 111011101 11110101 01010101 111100101 111100011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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