This is an analysis of the poem Above And Below that begins with:

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O dwellers in the valley-land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdede fbfbggXg hXhfgagi X fbfbfafi gjgjkeke jlclfmfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11000101 101111110 10110101 100101010 11110111 01111101 111110001 01011101 11110101 01110101 11001101 11010101 11111110 00110101 110001001 01110111 01110111 011111110 11110111 01010111 10110111 001010111 110010111 01110100 1 11010101 00110001 01110101 11010101 11100111 11010101 10110101 000100100 11110111 11110101 111101010 11011101 11110101 11110101 0110101 01010101 11011101 110010001 111100010 11010011 11111101 11011111 110100101 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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