This is an analysis of the poem Two On The Terrace that begins with:

Warm waves of lavish moonlight
The Capitol enfold, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcb cbcbcccb cdcdeXed ddddfffd cgcgXcceg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 010001 1001011 101101 0111010 0101010 1101010 011001 1011010 0101001 10110010 010101 01011010 0101110 0101010 010101 1101110 011101 01001010 110101 0111010 0101010 1101110 010011 110101 111100 010111 110101 1101110 1101110 1111010 110111 1111110 011111 0101010 111110 1011010 0101110 01010010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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