This is an analysis of the poem Cat-Pie that begins with:

WHILE he is mark'd by vision clear
Who fathoms Nature's treasures,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgfgfaXaXdhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1101010 01110101 1001010 11110001 1111010 11010111 1110010 11011101 1111010 10010101 0101110 11011101 1101010 11110111 1111110 01110101 1001010 11011101 1110010 110010111 1111010 01110101 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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