This is an analysis of the poem Decline Of Phæthon that begins with:
i 40-Phæthon’s
leash more suns...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaXccbXaX XaddXaX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 111 1101 01101 1101 1110 1111 1101 1101 0101 011 11 1100100 01111 011101 110101 1111 1 00100 010011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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