This is an analysis of the poem Beleaguered City, The that begins with:

I have read, in some old, marvellous tale,
Some legend strange and vague,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd deDe fgfg afaf fdfd eaea chch deDe fifi XjajXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1110111001 110111 101110101 0100101 01010101 0011101 11101101 010001 11011101 010111 10010011 010101 11011111 111101 01110101 110101 11010101 010101 01010111 10011 10110111 010101 110100101 010111 11100100101 111101 1110010111 0100101 01011101 010101 01011111 010101 01011101 010101 10010011 10100101 11011101 0010001 11010101 1010011 110101110 100101 01110101 011101 10110101 010101 11010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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