This is an analysis of the poem Without And Withiin that begins with:

My coachman, in the moonlight there,
Looks through the sidelight of the door;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fefe abab ebeb ghghXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 110100001 11100101 11111101 100010101 11011101 11010101 11100111 11100101 01010111 11110101 01010111 11110011 101111001 11011101 10010101 11110101 01010111 11011101 01010001 01010111 10111111 10110111 11111011 11010101 11010111 11110111 01010101 11111101 11010101 11011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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