This is an analysis of the poem Ariel In The Cloven Pine that begins with:

NOW the frosty stars are gone:
I have watched them one by one,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcccaadd effeeefgbbgggbbaa abagabghhggdiddi eddeeaaggg XjjhffbdbdkXXkggaaXkbabX aageegeeabajbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,17,16,10,24,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010111 1110111 1010101 11101001 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1011101 11100011 010100001 1110011 10101001 1010001 1011101 1010101 1110111 0010101 10100111 1010101 1010101 1010101 11101001 1011111 0010111 1110101 01010101 0011101 11111011 1010101 1010101 10000101 00100111 1001101 11101001 1010101 1010111 0011101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1110111 1010101 10111001 0110101 1010101 0110111 10100111 1011101 1010101 10111001 101011 0010101 1111101 0111101 10010111 1101101 11101101 1011101 1110111 0010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 10011100 10101100 1001101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1000100 1110101 1011110 10101010 1111101 10101010 1001101 11011101 1100010 10101010 10101010 1110101 10010101 1010101 1010101 10110001 1000101 1110101 1011111 00011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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