This is an analysis of the poem Pan At Lane Cove that begins with:

SCALY with poison, bright with flame,
Great fungi steam beside the gate, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdaXaefffbebegddXdXdgbXdXdbdbheeechch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 11010101 11001111 11011101 11010101 110001001 11010111 11110101 11011111 11110101 110001001 11110111 11110111 01010010 11011101 01110111 11111111 11110101 111100101 11110100 01110011 11010011 11011101 11111111 11011111 01110101 11000001 11010110 11011101 01011101 11001101 11011111 01010111 11011101 01010111 0100101 11000101 11001101 11010101 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; blow is repeated.

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