This is an analysis of the poem A Warning. From The Danish that begins with:

Air Guniver roam'd in the sunset light,
Through wood and wold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcX dedeff gggXff hfhfii babajj hhhhaa kekell elelcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100100111 1111 0110110111 1101 1100100101 010100110 1100110101 0101 1101001001 0101 110011101 110011011101 1011100101 01001 10100100101 1100 11000100101 1010010001 1100110111 1111 11011001001 00101 11111011001 11110110101 1111011101 1111 110111101 1101 1110110101 0110100101 1100110111 0111 1110111011 0111 0010111101 1100111101 1010111001 1101 1100111101 0111 1011101111 1101101101 1101111101 0101 10100111101 11001 1110110111 0110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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