This is an analysis of the poem At That Hour that begins with:

At that hour when all things have repose,
O lonely watcher of the skies, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXa bccbX deede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110111101 11010001 111011101 0110101010 011011 111011101 01010111 01011101 10111000101 110100 1101001101 11010001 1110111111 111000101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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