This is an analysis of the poem Where Once Poe Walked that begins with:

Eternal brood the shadows on this ground,
Dreaming of centuries that have gone before;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbdedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101 10010011101 1111001111 1101010101 11010101001 1111000101 1011111111 1011010101 10101010111 1101011101 11110001001 10011100101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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