This is an analysis of the poem Inscription-For The Relief By Preston Powers that begins with:
The Eagle, stooping from yon snow-blown peaks,
For the wild hunter and the Bison seeks,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101001111 1011010101 0011011101 11010000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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