This is an analysis of the poem James Lionel Michael that begins with:

BE HIS rest the rest he sought:
Calm and deep. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dede ffff fgfg hihi jkjk lala fcfc lalX mfmf jeje mhmh chchXkbkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111 111 1110111 101 1011111 101 1010111 111 1010101 111 1000101 101 1010001 101 1011101 111 1110101 101 1110101 101 1110101 101 1010101 001 1110111 101 1110101 111 1110101 101 1101101 111 111101 101 1110101 101 1010111 111 1010101 110 1011101 101 1110111 101 1011111 101 1011101 111 1010111 101 1010101 101 1010101 111 1101101 111 1110111 1001 1011101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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