This is an analysis of the poem Racine And Shakespeare that begins with:

As one too long immured in courtly bower,
Such as Le Nôtre shaped, high-wrought and trim,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111110001010 110111111 10010101111 11110101010 01110110010 0101101111 1001110111 110100111010 1110010100 1111010001 1101011010 1101001101 11010011001 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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