This is an analysis of the poem By The Pacific that begins with:

FROM this quaint cabin window I can see
The strange, vague line of ghostly drift-wood, though...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcabbaddadXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0011010111 0111010111 1101011111 1101010100 1111011101 1101011101 1101010111 0101001100 1101010011 1111010101 1101010111 1100011101 1111000101 0101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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